EP2809336B1 - Factor xii inhibitors for the treatment of neurological inflammatory disorders - Google Patents
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Definitions
- This application relates to neurological inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, and to methods of administering a Factor XII inhibitor to prevent, treat, or otherwise ameliorate the effects of a neurological inflammatory disease, such as multiple sclerosis.
- a Factor XII inhibitor to prevent, treat, or otherwise ameliorate the effects of a neurological inflammatory disease, such as multiple sclerosis.
- Agents and pharmaceutical compositions comprising agents which inhibit the activity of FXII are also provided.
- MS Multiple sclerosis
- ICD-9-CM Diagnosis code 340 describes MS as a chronic disease characterized by the presence of numerous areas of demyelination in the central nervous system with symptoms such as weakness, incoordination, paresthesis, and speech disturbances.
- MS and other diseases like it are caused by autoimmune attack in which inflammatory cells invade the nervous system leading to demyelination and tissue destruction.
- Demyelination is the loss of the myelin sheath that forms an insulating layer around neural axons.
- Myelin is produced by different cell types depending on the anatomic location: oligodendrocytes myelinate the axons of the central nervous system (CNS), while Schwann cells myelinate peripheral axons.
- Myelin is composed of several proteins and lipids, including myelin basic protein (MBP), myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), proteolipid protein (PLP), galactocerebroside (GalC), and sphinogomyelin.
- demyelinating diseases vary depending on the location of the demyelination. Some common signs and symptoms include visual problems (double vision, nystagmus, or vision loss), tingling or numbness (paresthesia), speech impairment, memory loss, heat sensitivity, muscle spasms, muscle weakness, and loss of coordination or balance.
- multiple sclerosis refers to the multiple scars ("scleroses”), or lesions, that form in the brain and spinal cord in areas where the myelin is lost.
- the disease pattern of MS can vary. According to the U.S. National Multiple Sclerosis Society, there are four standardized subtypes: (1) relapsing remitting, (2) secondary progressive, (3) primary progressive, and (4) progressive relapsing. Relapsing remitting is the most common initial course of disease and is characterized by attacks separated by periods of remission that may last for months to years, during which there are no new signs of disease. Secondary progressive disease, as the name implies, begins as relapsing-remitting MS, but definite periods of remission eventually disappear.
- the primary progressive subtype describes disease in which there is never a meaningful remission after the initial onset. In progressive relapsing disease, there is a steady neurological decline from onset, but in addition there are superimposed attacks.
- Multiple sclerosis can be diagnosed using the 2010 revisions to the McDonald criteria, which rely on magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) coupled with the clinical presentation.
- MRI magnetic resonance imagining
- a patient presenting with two or more attacks or with two or more objective clinical lesions is considered to have MS without need for additional clinical evidence.
- diagnosis is based on objective demonstration of dissemination of lesions in space and/or time by clinical or clinical and diagnostic (MRI) findings.
- MS The etiology of MS is unknown, but it is generally accepted that it is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system destroys myelin in the CNS.
- a prerequisite for immune cell infiltration into the CNS is a disruption in the blood-brain barrier that normally protects the CNS from infiltration. This process results in CNS inflammation, which is a second pathological hallmark of MS.
- MS is more common in women than in men, affecting approximately 3 people per 100,000. (Alonso, 2008.)
- MS there are other demyelinating inflammatory diseases.
- demyelinating inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system include the idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases, transverse myelitis, and neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease). Inflammatory demyelination may also occur in the peripheral nervous system: examples include Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Miller Fisher Syndrome, and anti-MAG peripheral neuropathy.
- Fingolimod approved by the FDA in 2010 for treatment in relapsing forms of MS, is a phospholipid that acts by sequestering lymphocytes, the immune cells thought to mediate the destruction of myelin.
- GILENYA fingolimod
- Fingolimod also received orphan drug designation (EU/3/15718) in Europe in 2010 for treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
- Older treatments for MS include interferon beta-1a and interferon beta-1b, and glatiramer acetate, which are immunomodulators.
- Natalizumab a humanized monoclonal antibody against integrin ⁇ 4, was approved in 2004 for treatment of patients with relapsing forms of MS.
- TYSABRI natalizumab
- Natalizumab blocks the binding of leukocytes to certain cellular adhesion molecules involved in passage of cells from the blood into tissues.
- natalizumab is thought to work by preventing the passage of immune cells into the CNS, thereby preventing further destruction of myelin.
- Mitoxantrone is an agent that blocks DNA synthesis and so may reduce the ability of lymphocytes to proliferate.
- FXII Factor XII
- FXII Factor XII
- these surfaces include inorganic polyphosphates (PolyP) that are secreted by activated platelets, (Muller et.al., 2010), endothelial cell surfaces (qC1qR), cytokeratin1, urokinase-plasminogen activation receptor (u-PAR, CD87), articular cartilage, skin, fatty acids, endotoxin, proteoglycans (heparan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate E, mast cell heparin), and amyloid proteins. (Schmaier, 2008.) Once FXII has been activated to form FXIIa, there is a positive feedback reaction in which FXIIa activates circulating FXII.
- PolyP inorganic polyphosphates
- FXII inhibitors ranging from small molecules to proteins, are available. Although FXII is the initiating factor in the intrinsic pathway, Factor XII deficiency does not contribute to bleeding because the extrinsic (tissue factor) pathway is the primary pathway for clot formation.
- FXII is involved in the inflammatory process through the formation of bradykinin via the kinin-kallikrein system. Bradykinin contributes to the classical inflammatory parameters of redness, heat, swelling, and pain, which are caused by activation of endothelial cells to increase vascular permeability, production of nitric oxide, and mobilization of arachidonic acid, as well as by stimulating sensory nerve endings. It is also involved in pathological thrombosis in ischemia.
- FXII FXIII
- FXII is involved in multiple complex, pathways, but it remains unclear whether FXII is essential in vivo for any of these pathways.
- humans that are deficient in FXII do not suffer from abnormal bleeding diathesis, even during major surgical procedures.
- FXII can be involved in fibrin deposition, which has been reported to be activated in MS ( Marik et al. Brain 2007; 130:2800-15 ), and in the activation of bradykinin which may also contribute to MS ( Göbel et al. J.
- FXIII Factor XII
- the application provides methods of administering a Factor XII inhibitor to prevent, treat, or otherwise ameliorate the effects of a neurological inflammatory disease, including multiple sclerosis.
- a "FXII inhibitor” refers to inhibitors of either or both of Factor XII and activated Factor XII (FXIIa).
- the invention provides an inhibitor of Factor XII for the use of preventing, treating, or ameliorating a neurological inflammatory disease comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a Factor XII (FXII) inhibitor according to claim 1.
- FXII Factor XII
- the FXII inhibitor may comprise the wild type infestin-4 polypeptide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2), or a variant thereof, wherein the variant comprises: (a) the N-terminal amino acids 2-13 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and at least one and up to five amino acid mutations outside the N-terminal amino acids that result in differences from the wild type infestin-4 sequence; and/or (b) six conserved cysteine residues; and homology of at least 70% to the wild type infestin-4 sequence.
- SEQ ID NO: 2 wild type infestin-4 polypeptide sequence
- the FXII inhibitor may comprise an anti-FXII antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein the antibody binds to FXII and inhibits its activity and/or activation.
- the anti-FXII antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof may comprise (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 13; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17.
- the anti-FXII antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 16.
- the anti-FXII antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises a VH region comprising SEQ ID NO: 7 and a VL region comprising SEQ ID NO: 8.
- the anti-FXII antibody may be an IgG.
- the anti-Factor XII/XIIa monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof may inhibit human Factor XIIa-alpha by more than 50% when used at a molar ratio of FXIIa-alpha to antibody of 1:0.2.
- the FXII inhibitor may be linked to a half-life enhancing polypeptide that is albumin, afamin, alpha-fetoprotein, vitamin D binding protein, human albumin or a variant thereof, an immunoglobulin or a variant thereof, PEG, or a variant thereof, or an Fc of an IgG.
- the half-life enhancing polypeptide is linked to the FXII inhibitor via a linker.
- the linker can be (a) cleavable; (b) cleavable by a coagulation protease of the intrinsic, extrinsic, or common coagulation pathway; and/or (c) cleavable by Factor XIIa.
- the FXII inhibitor may comprise a human albumin-linker-FXII fusion protein.
- the neurological inflammatory disease may be multiple sclerosis (MS).
- MS multiple sclerosis
- the MS can be relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.
- the MS can be primary progressing multiple sclerosis.
- the neurological inflammatory disease may be transverse myelitis.
- the neurological inflammatory disease may be neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease).
- the embodiments of the application pertain to methods comprising administering at least one Factor XII (FXII) inhibitor to a patient to prevent, treat, or otherwise ameliorate the effects of a neurological inflammatory disease.
- FXII Factor XII
- FXII inhibitors may have an improved safety profile compared to other drugs, since they are expected to be well-tolerated.
- FXII is involved in several physiological cascades, one or more of which may be involved in inflammatory demyelinating diseases such as MS, FXII inhibitors may have a better efficacy profile compared to single target therapies.
- One aspect the invention relates to methods of preventing, treating, or otherwise ameliorating the effects of an inflammatory demyelinating disease, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof at least one Factor XII (FXII) inhibitor, to thereby prevent, treat, or ameliorate the effects of the neurological inflammatory disease.
- the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of an inflammatory demyelinating disease.
- the terms “treat” and “treating” do not require a complete elimination of symptoms, and these terms are not equivalent to “cure” or “curing.” Instead, “treat” and “treating” mean that at least one sign or symptom of the disease has been reduced, inhibited, lessened, or delayed. In some embodiments, the signs or symptoms are one or more of the primary or secondary endpoints described below. In certain embodiments, “treat” or “treating” can also include ameliorating the effects of the disease. In general, however, “ameliorating the effects” means that some aspect of the disease that reflects an impairment of the patient's function is improved.
- EDSS Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Score
- MS multiple sclerosis
- neurological inflammatory disease and "inflammatory demyelinating disease” are used essentially interchangeably to refer to a condition in a human patient, or in an animal, in which there is inflammation of one or more areas of brain or spinal cord.
- the terms are not fully equivalent, however, and the skilled artisan will appreciate that a neurological inflammatory disease does not necessarily require demyelination, although demyelination often develops following the inflammation.
- Multiple sclerosis is one example of an inflammatory demyelinating disease in humans. In a variety of animals, including mice, rats, and monkeys, inflammatory demyelination can be induced experimentally by several different immunization strategies that are well-known and are accepted as models of human disease.
- EAE experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
- the inflammatory demyelinating disease is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS).
- exemplary diseases include, but are not limited to, multiple sclerosis, idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases, transverse myelitis, and neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease).
- the inflammatory demyelinating disease is a disease of the peripheral nervous system.
- exemplary diseases include, but are not limited to, Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Miller Fisher syndrome, and anti-MAG peripheral neuropathy.
- the invention provides methods of preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating multiple sclerosis or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis.
- the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing or treating multiple sclerosis, or for ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis.
- subjects with MS can be diagnosed using the "McDonald criteria," which rely on magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) coupled with the clinical presentation.
- MRI magnetic resonance imagining
- a patient presenting with two or more attacks or with two or more objective clinical lesions is considered to have MS without need for additional clinical evidence.
- diagnosis is based on objective demonstration of dissemination of lesions in space and/or time by clinical or clinical and diagnostic (MRI) findings.
- T2 lesions in space is demonstrated by one or more T2 lesions in at least two of four of the following areas of the central nervous system: periventricular, juxtacortical, infratentorial, or spinal cord.
- Dissemination of lesions in time is demonstrated by either a new T2 and/or gadolinium-enhancing lesion on follow-up MRI or the simultaneous presence of asymptomatic gadolinium-enhancing and non-enhancing lesions at any time.
- Primary progressive MS is diagnosed in subjects with one year of disease progression (including retrospective), plus two or more of: A) evidence of dissemination in space based on one or more T2 lesions in the brain in at least one area characteristic of MS (periventricular, juxtacortical, or infratentorial), or B) evidence for dissemination in space in the spinal cord based on greater that two T2 lesions, and C) the presence of oligoclonal bands and/or elevated IgG index in the cerebrospinal fluid. ( Polman et al., Ann Neurol 2011; 69:292-302 .)
- the patient has, or has had, at least one clinical attack or at least one objective clinical lesion, but has not presented with a sufficient number of clinical attacks and objective clinical lesions to establish a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis using the McDonald criteria.
- a patient is a patient "at risk" for multiple sclerosis and administering a FXII inhibitor to a patient that is "at risk” for MS can be used to prevent MS in the sense that the subject does not progress to the point that a diagnosis of MS can be made under the McDonald criteria.
- a method of preventing multiple sclerosis comprising administering at least one FXII inhibitor to a subject at risk for multiple sclerosis, thereby preventing multiple sclerosis.
- the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing multiple sclerosis in a subject at risk for multiple sclerosis.
- the subjects may be further categorized based on the disease course into subjects with (1) relapsing remitting, (2) secondary progressive, (3) primary progressive, and (4) progressive relapsing MS.
- the invention provides in certain embodiments methods of preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a patient diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating the relapsing remitting MS or ameliorating the effects of the relapsing remitting MS.
- the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.
- the invention provides methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a patient diagnosed with secondary progressive MS a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating the secondary progressive MS or ameliorating the effects of the secondary progressive MS.
- the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
- the invention provides methods of preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a patient diagnosed with primary progressive MS a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating the primary progressive MS or ameliorating the effects of the primary progressive MS.
- the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
- the invention provides methods of preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a patient diagnosed with progressive relapsing MS a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating the progressive relapsing MS or ameliorating the effects of the progressive relapsing MS.
- the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of progressive relapsing multiple sclerosis.
- One example of ameliorating the effects of or treating any of the types of MS is a reduction in the disability status of the subject or an increase in the time to disability progression.
- the disability status can be evaluated (or scored) using the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Score (EDSS).
- EDSS Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Score
- ameliorating the effects of or treating any of the types of MS can be measured by MRI: for example, a decrease in the median number of new or newly enlarging T2-hyperintense lesions over a defined period, e.g., 12, 24, 36, or 48 months; or a decrease in the number of T1 gadolinium-enhancing lesions over a defined period, e.g., 12, 24, 36, or 48 months.
- criteria that can be used to show that a FXII inhibitor according to the invention is treating MS or ameliorating the effects of MS include the following outcomes, either alone or in any subcombination: a decrease in extent of number of contrast-enhancing MRI lesions; a decrease in the Sustained Accumulation of Disability (SAD) rating; a decrease in the occurrence of relapse; an increase in the time to relapse; an increase in the proportion of patients who are relapse-free at, for example, 1, 2, 3, or more years after initial treatment; a decrease in the rate of cerebral atrophy on brain scan; a decrease in MRI T2 lesion volume ; change in cerebrospinal fluid ("CSF") osteopontin levels; improvement in expanded disability status scale (EDSS); improvement in Timed 25-foot Walk (T25FW) test; improvement in Multiple Sclerosis Impairment Score (MSIS); improvement in Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF36); an improvement in the levels of neurofilament heavy chain in the cerebrospinal fluid; an improvement
- a FXII inhibitor according to the invention also treats or ameliorates MS if it reduces the annualized relapse rate or increases the percentage of patients remaining relapse-free for a defined period, such as, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months, 48 months, or 60 months (or for any time in between).
- the EAE model can be used to determine whether a particular FXII inhibitor will prevent, treat, or ameliorate multiple sclerosis.
- EAE models are accepted animal models of MS and have been used to develop drugs approved by the FDA for treatment of multiple sclerosis. ( E.g., Stüve et al., Arch. Neurol. 2010; 67:1307-15 ; Yednock et al., Nature 1992 .) Accordingly, if a particular FXII inhibitor shows activity in one or more EAE model, such as those described in the examples, the skilled artisan would expect that a FXII inhibitor also shows activity in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis.
- FXII inhibitor includes inhibitors of either or both of FXII and FXIIa.
- anti-FXII antibodies include antibodies that bind to and inhibit either or both of FXII and FXIIa.
- FXII inhibitor is also meant to include an inhibitor of FXII that is linked to a half-life extending polypeptide, which in some embodiments includes a linker.
- the FXII inhibitor is a direct inhibitor of FXII.
- the term "direct” inhibitor means an inhibitor that acts via contact (e.g., binding) with FXII (or FXIIa).
- an indirect inhibitor may act without contacting FXII (or FXIIa) protein; for example, an antisense RNA can be used to decrease expression of the FXII gene, but it does not interact directly with FXII protein.
- an indirect inhibitor in contrast to a direct inhibitor, acts upstream or downstream from the FXII protein.
- the application provides a FXII inhibitor comprising infestin domain 4, "infestin-4.”
- infestin-4 was reported to be a novel inhibitor of activated FXII (FXIIa).
- Infestins are a class of serine protease inhibitors derived from the midgut of the hematophagous insect, Triatoma infestans, a major vector for the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, known to cause Chagas disease. ( Campos ITN et al. 32 Insect Biochem. Mol. Bio. 991-997, 2002 ; Campos ITN et al. 577 FEBS Lett.
- infestin-4 This insect uses these inhibitors to prevent coagulation of ingested blood.
- the full length precursor polypeptide sequence of infestin is provided in Figure 1 (SEQ ID NO: 1).
- the infestin gene encodes 4 domains that result in proteins that can inhibit different factors in the coagulation pathway.
- domain 4 encodes a protein (infestin-4) that is a strong inhibitor of FXIIa.
- Infestin-4 has been administered in mice without bleeding complications. ( WO 2008/098720 ; Hagedorn et al., Circulation 2010; 121:1510-17 .)
- FXII inhibitor that comprises a variant of infestin-4.
- FXII inhibitors comprise infestin domain 4, and optionally infestin domains 1, 2, and/or 3. These proteins are known to be potent inhibitors of FXII. ( See WO 2008/098720 ; also see Campos ITN et al. 577 FEBS Lett. 512-516, 2004 .)
- the FXII inhibitor is a (His) 6 -tagged infestin-4 construct.
- the FXII inhibitor is a fusion protein consisting of albumin-linker-infestin-4.
- the albumin-linker-infestin-4 is the rHA-Infestin-4 protein described in Hagedorn et al. Circulation 2010; 117:1153-60 .
- infestin inhibitors of FXII are described in WO 2008/098720 and Hagedorn et al. Circulation 2010; 117:1153-60 .
- variant of infestin refers to a polypeptide with an amino acid mutation, wherein the "mutation” is defined as a substitution, a deletion, or an addition, to the wild type infestin-4 sequence, wherein such changes do not alter the functional ability of the polypeptide to inhibit FXII.
- variant includes fragments of the wild type or mutated infestin-4 sequence. Further examples of such variants are provided below.
- an infestin-4 variant comprises the amino acid sequence VRNPCACFRNYV (residues 2-13 of SEQ ID NO: 2) from the amino terminal of the wild type infestin-4 sequence ( see underlined sequence in Figure 2 ), and at least one and up to five amino acid mutations outside the N-terminal amino acids that result in differences from the wild type infestin-4 sequence, and/or six conserved cysteine residues, and/or homology of at least 70% to the wild type infestin-4 sequence.
- VRNPCACFRNYV residues 2-13 of SEQ ID NO: 2
- a variant of infestin-4 comprises the conserved N-terminal region of amino acids 2-13 of the wild type infestin-4 sequence, and at least one and up to five amino acid mutations outside these conserved N-terminal amino acids that result in differences from the wild type infestin-4 sequence.
- the term "outside the N-terminal amino acids" of an infestin variant refers to any amino acid along the polypeptide chain of the variant other than the contiguous stretch of amino acids that comprises the sequence VRNPCACFRNYV, i.e., amino acids 2-13 from SEQ ID NO: 2.
- an infestin-4 variant comprises six conserved cysteine residues and has homology of at least 70% to the wild type infestin-4 sequence.
- the six conserved cysteine residues are amino acids at positions 6, 8, 16, 27, 31, and 48 of the wild type infestin-4 sequence, SEQ ID NO: 2 ( see Figure 2 ).
- the variant comprises the final conserved cysteine at position 48.
- the exact positions of the cysteine residues, and relative positions to each other may change from positions 6, 8, 16, 27, 31, and 48 of the wild type infestin-4 sequence due to insertions or deletions in the infestin-4 variant.
- an infestin-4 variant comprises all six cysteines and may share 70%, 75%, 85%, 90%, 91 %, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99%, or any percentage in between homology to the wild type infestin-4 sequence.
- the FXII inhibitor comprises a variant of the wild type infestin-4 polypeptide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2), wherein the variant comprises the N-terminal amino acids 2-13 of SEQ ID NO: 2; at least one and up to five amino acid mutations outside said N-terminal amino acids that result in differences from the wild type Infestin-4 sequence; six conserved cysteine residues; and homology of at least 70% to the wild type Infestin-4 sequence.
- a variant of infestin-4 is characterized in that it inhibits FXII.
- the functional activity of inhibiting FXII may be assessed for example, through in vitro and/or in vivo characterization, including direct assays to test inhibition of FXII enzyme activity, prolonged coagulation time, i.e. activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT; a clinical clotting test that addresses the intrinsic pathway of coagulation), or in vivo methods that evaluate coagulation.
- aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time
- the FXII inhibitor is an anti-FXII antibody that binds to FXII and inhibits FXII activation and/ or activity.
- Anti-FXII antibodies have been described, for example in WO 2006/066878 , and in Ravon et al., 1 Blood 4134-43, 1995 .
- Other monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to human Factor XII include the B7C9 mAb described by Pixley et al (J Biol Chem 1987; 262, 10140-45 ), a mAb described by Small et al (Blood 1985; 65:202-10 ); the mAbs F1 andF3 described by Nuijens et al (J. Biol.
- the antibody or antigen-binding fragment has one or more of the following features: (a) binds murine FXII/FXIIa; (b) comprises a heavy chain variable (VH) region which is more than 85% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7; (c) comprises a light chain variable (vL) region which is more than 85% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8; (d) comprises heavy chain CDR1 at least 80% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and/or heavy chain CDR2 at least 60% identical with SEQ ID NO: 10, and/or heavy chain CDR3 at least 80% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12; (e) comprises light chain CDR1 at least 50% identical with SEQ ID NO: 14, and/or light chain CDR2 of SEQ ID NO: 15, and/or light chain CDR3 with the sequence A-X 1 -W-X 2 -X 3 -X 4 -X 5 -R-X 6 -X 7 wherein X
- the anti-FXII antibody is an IgG antibody that binds human FXII and comprises (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 13; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17.
- a heavy chain CDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 11 comprises the sequence GIX 1 X 2 X 3 X 4 X 5 X 6 TVYADSVKG, wherein X 1 is R, N or D, X 2 is P, V, I, or M; X 3 is S, P, or A; X 4 is G, L, V, or T; X 5 can be any amino acid, preferably X 5 is G, Y, Q, K, R, N, or M; and X 6 is T, G, or S.
- a heavy chain CDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 13 comprises the sequence ALPRSGYLX 1 X 2 X 3 X 4 YYYYALDV, wherein X 1 is I, M or V; X 2 is S or K; X 3 is P, K, T, or H; and X 4 is H, N, G, or Q.
- a light chain CDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 17 comprises the sequence AX 1 WX 2 X 3 X 4 X 5 RX 6 X 7 , wherein X 1 is A or S; X 2 is D, Y, E, T, W, E, or S,; X 3 is A, N, I, L, V, P, Q, or E; X 4 is S, D, P, E, Q, or R; X 5 is L or V; X 6 is G, L, or K; and X 7 is V, A, D, T, M, or G.
- the anti-FXII antibody antigen-binding fragment is a fragment of an IgG antibody that binds human FXII and comprises (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 16.
- the anti-FXII antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is the antibody "3F7" used in Example 3. Sequences of the variable regions and CDRs of 3F7 are presented in Table 1. Table 1. Region Amino acid sequence VH VL HCDR 1 (Kabat 31-35) KYIMQ (SEQ ID NO: 9) HCDR 2 (Kabat 50-65) GIRPSGGTTVYADSVKG (SEQ ID NO: 10) HCDR 3 (Kabat 95-102) ALPRSGYLISPHYYYYALDV (SEQ ID NO: 12) LCDR 1 (Kabat 24-34) SGSSSNIGRNYVY (SEQ ID NO: 14) LCDR 2 (Kabat 50-56) SNNQRPS (SEQ ID NO: 15) LCDR 3 (Kabat 89-97) AAWDASLRGV (SEQ ID NO: 16)
- the anti-FXII antibody or antigen binding fragment is chosen from the affinity matured (relative to 3F7) antibodies VR115, VR112, VR24, VR110, VR119.
- SEQ ID NO: 11 is a degenerate sequence.
- VR119 comprises SEQ ID NO: 11 wherein X 1 is N, X 2 is V, X 3 is P; X 4 is L, X 5 Y; and X 6 is G.
- VR112 comprises SEQ ID NO: 11 wherein X 1 is N, X 2 is V, X 3 is P, X 4 is V, X 5 is Q, and X 6 is G.
- VR115 comprises SEQ ID NO: 11 wherein X 1 is D, X 2 is I, X 3 is P, X 4 is T, X 5 is K, and X 6 is G.
- VR110 comprises SEQ ID NO: 11 wherein X 1 is D, X 2 is M, X 3 is P, X 4 is T, X 5 is K, and X 6 is G.
- VR24 comprises a unique LCDR1: SGSSEMTVHHYVY (SEQ ID NO: 18).
- CDR's are defined according to the KABAT numbering system.
- the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is an anti-Factor XII/FXIIa monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that inhibits Factor XIIa-alpha by more than 40%, more than 50%, or more than 60%, when used at a molar ratio of FXIIa-alpha to antibody of 1:0.2.
- the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof inhibits Factor XIIa-alpha by more than 80%, more than 85%, or more than 90%, at a molar ratio of FXIIa-alpha to antibody of 1:0.5.
- the antibody achieves complete inhibition of FXIIa-alpha at a molar ratio of 1:0.5.
- the FXIIa-alpha is human Factor XIIa-alpha.
- the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof has an affinity for human FXIIa that is at least comparable to antibody 3F7.
- an "anti-FXII antibody” includes antibodies that bind to and inhibit either or both of FXII and FXIIa.
- the antibody may be in the form of a full length Ig, Fab, F(ab) 2 , Fv, scFv, or other form or variant thereof.
- the antibody may be monoclonal or polyclonal.
- the antibody may be characterized in that the isotype is IgM, IgD, IgA, IgG, or IgE, or any subclass thereof, such as IgG 1 , or variants thereof.
- the antibody may be from a mammalian species, including, but not limited to human, mouse, rat, rabbit, goat, hamster, or monkey.
- the antibody may be humanized or CDR-grafted.
- the antibody maybe mutated or modified to alter immunogenicity, half-life, or to impart other advantageous properties associated with a therapeutic antibody.
- the antibody is an anti-FXII antibody that binds to an epitope on the heavy chain or light chain of FXII (wherein, "FXII” includes FXII and FXIIa), such as a neutralizing epitope.
- the antibody may be high affinity and/or high avidity for binding to FXII.
- the antibody may be conjugated to a polypeptide, nucleic acid or small molecule.
- the FXII inhibitor is a protein, peptide, nucleic acid, or small molecule.
- small molecule refers to a low molecular weight compound. A small molecule may be for example less than 1000 daltons, allowing diffusion across cell membranes. A small molecule may be characterized in that it binds with high affinity to FXII. A preferred small molecule is one which can be absorbed from the GI tract.
- FXII inhibitors linked to a half-life enhancing polypeptide (HLEP).
- FXII inhibitors are small proteins. Therefore a rapid renal clearance as published for other small proteins can be expected.
- One way to address a short plasma half-life of a polypeptidic compound is to inject it repeatedly or via continuous infusion. Another approach is to increase the intrinsic plasma half-life of the polypeptide itself.
- FXII inhibitors are linked to half-life extending proteins.
- a "half-life enhancing polypeptide” increases the half-life of the FXII inhibitor in vivo in a patient or in an animal.
- albumin and immunoglobulins and their fragments or derivatives have been described as half-life enhancing polypeptides (HLEPs).
- Ballance et al. (WO 2001/79271 ) described fusion polypeptides of a multitude of different therapeutic polypeptides which, when fused to human serum albumin, are predicted to have an increased functional half-life in vivo and extended shelf-life.
- albumin and “serum albumin” encompass human albumin (HA) and variants thereof, the full mature form of which is given (SEQ ID NO: 19), as well as albumin from other species and variants thereof.
- albumin refers to an albumin polypeptide or amino acid sequence, or an albumin variant, having one or more functional activities (e.g. biological activities) of albumin.
- albumin is capable of stabilizing or prolonging the therapeutic activity of a FXII inhibitor.
- the albumin may be derived from any vertebrate, especially any mammal, for example human, monkey, cow, sheep, or pig. Non-mammalian albumins include, but are not limited to, albumin from hen and salmon.
- the albumin portion of the albumin-linked polypeptide may be from a different animal than the therapeutic polypeptide portion. See WO 2008/098720 for examples of albumin fusion proteins.
- an albumin variant is at least 10, 20, 40, or at least 70 amino acids long or may include 15, 20, 25, 30, 50 or more contiguous amino acids from the human albumin (HA) sequence (e.g., the sequence set forth in Figure 3 , SEQ ID NO: 19 or may include part or all of specific domains of HA.
- An albumin variant may include an amino acid substitution, deletion, or addition, either conservative or non-conservative substitution, wherein such changes do not substantially alter the active site, or active domain, which confers the therapeutic activities of the half-life enhancing polypeptides. These variants may share 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% or any percentage in between homology.
- the albumin variant includes fragments and may consist of or alternatively comprise at least one whole domain of albumin or fragments of said domains, for example domains 1 (amino acids 1-194 of SEQ ID NO: 19), 2 (amino acids 195-387 of SEQ ID NO: 19), 3 (amino acids 388-585 of SEQ ID NO 19), 1 + 2 (1-387 of SEQ ID NO: 19), 2 + 3 (195-585 of SEQ ID NO: 19) or 1 + 3 (amino acids 1-194 of SEQ ID NO: 19 + amino acids 388-585 of SEQ ID NO: 19).
- Each domain is itself made up of two homologous subdomains namely residues 1-105, 120-194, 195-291, 316-387, 388-491 and 512-585, of SEQ ID NO: 19, with flexible inter-subdomain linker regions comprising residues Lys106 to Glu119, Glu292 to Val315 and Glu492 to Ala511.
- HLEPs proteins that are structurally or evolutionarily related to albumin
- alpha-fetoprotein WO 2005/024044 ; Beattie and Dugaiczyk, 20 Gene 415-422, 1982
- afamin Lichenstein et al. 269 J. Biol. Chem. 18149-18154, 1994
- vitamin D binding protein Cooke and David, 76 J. Clin. Invest. 2420-2424, 1985 .
- Their genes represent a multigene cluster with structural and functional similarities mapping to the same chromosomal region in humans, mice, and rats. The structural similarity of the albumin family members suggests that they can be used as HLEPs.
- alpha-fetoprotein has been claimed to extend the half-life of an attached therapeutic polypeptide in vivo ( WO 2005/024044 ).
- Such proteins, or variants thereof, that are capable of stabilizing or prolonging therapeutic activity may be used, and may be derived from any vertebrate, especially any mammal, for example human, monkey, cow, sheep, or pig, or non-mammal including but not limited to, hen or salmon. ( See WO 2008/098720 .)
- Such variants may be of 10 or more amino acids in length or may include about 15, 20, 25, 30, 50 or more contiguous amino acids of the respective protein sequence or may include part or all of specific domains of the respective proteins.
- Albumin family member fusion proteins may include naturally occurring polymorphic variants.
- mono- or poly- (e.g., 2-4) polyethylene glycol (PEG) moieties may be used to extend half-lives.
- Pegylation may be carried out by any of the pegylation reactions available.
- Methods for preparing a pegylated protein product will generally include (a) reacting a polypeptide with polyethylene glycol (such as a reactive ester or aldehyde derivative of PEG) under conditions whereby the protein becomes attached to one or more PEG groups; and (b) obtaining the reaction product(s).
- the optimal reaction conditions will be determined case by case based on known parameters and the desired result. There are a number of PEG attachment methods known in the art.
- an immunoglobulin (Ig), or variants thereof, may be used as an HELP, wherein a variant includes fragments.
- the Fc domain or portions of the immunoglobulin constant region are used.
- the constant region may be that of an IgM, IgG, IgD, IgA, or IgE immunoglobulin.
- the therapeutic polypeptide portion is connected to the Ig via the hinge region of the antibody or a peptide linker, which may be cleavable.
- Inhibitors of FXII may be fused to Fc domains or at least portions of immunoglobulin constant regions as HLEPs and may be produced as recombinant molecules in prokaryotic or eukaryotic host cells, such as bacteria, yeast, plant, animal (including insect) or human cell lines or in transgenic animals ( WO 2008/098720 ).
- SPINK mutant Fc fusion protein the SPINK-K2-Fc fusion protein
- WO2008/098720 An example of one SPINK mutant Fc fusion protein, the SPINK-K2-Fc fusion protein, is described in WO2008/098720 .
- an intervening peptidic linker may be introduced between the therapeutic polypeptide and the HLEP.
- a cleavable linker is introduced, particularly if the HLEP interferes with the therapeutic polypeptide's specific activity, e.g. by steric hindrance.
- the linker is cleaved by enzymes such as coagulation proteases of the intrinsic, extrinsic, or common coagulation pathway. Coagulation proteases of the intrinsic pathway are proteases in the contact activation pathway, including, for example, FXIIa, FXIa, or FIXa. In one embodiment, the linker is cleaved by FXIIa.
- Proteases of the extrinsic pathway include proteases in the tissue factor pathway, for example, FVIIa.
- Proteases of the common pathway include proteases involved in the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, for example, FXa, FIIa, and FXIIIa.
- the FXII inhibitor or variant thereof may have a purity greater than 80%, or greater than 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% purity.
- the variant may have a pharmaceutically pure state that is greater than 99.9% pure with respect to contaminating macromolecules, such as other proteins and nucleic acids, and free of infectious and pyrogenic agents.
- the purified FXII inhibitor may be dissolved in conventional physiologically compatible aqueous buffer solutions to which there may be added, optionally, pharmaceutical excipients to provide pharmaceutical preparations for preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of inflammatory demyelinating disease in a patient.
- pharmaceutical excipients as well as suitable pharmaceutical formulations are well known in the art. See for example Kibbe et al. Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, (3rd ed., Pharmaceutical Press), 2000 .
- the pharmaceutical composition may be formulated in lyophilized or stable soluble form.
- the polypeptide may be lyophilized by a variety of procedures known in the art. Lyophilized formulations are reconstituted prior to use by the addition of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable diluents such as sterile water for injection or sterile physiological saline solution.
- Formulations of the FXII inhibitor are delivered to the patient by any pharmaceutically suitable means of administration.
- Various delivery systems are known and can be used to administer the composition by any convenient route.
- the compositions may be administered systemically, such as parenterally.
- parenteral as used here includes intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intra-arterial and intra-tracheal injection; as well as instillation, spray application, and infusion techniques.
- Parenteral formulations may be administered intravenously or subcutaneously, either in bolus form or as a constant infusion, according to known procedures.
- Preferred liquid carriers which are well known for parenteral use, include sterile water, saline, aqueous dextrose, sugar solutions, ethanol, glycols, and oils.
- the therapeutic proteins may be formulated for an intravenous line or an arterial line.
- the formulations may be administered continuously by infusion or by bolus injection.
- the formulations are administered by intrathecal injection or by intracranial injection, so that direct access is gained to the spinal cord and brain.
- the formulation may be specially formulated; for example, the formulation may lack preservatives.
- the formulation is administered via intranasal administration.
- Intranasal delivery has been reported to enable the direct entry of viruses and macromolecules into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or CNS.
- CSF cerebrospinal fluid
- a viral vector such as an adenovirus vector, comprising a gene encoding any of the FXII inhibitors that are proteins may be delivered via olfactory receptor neurons to obtain expression of the encoded protein in the brain. Draghia et al., Gene Ther. 1995; 2(6):418-23 .
- Tablets and capsules for oral administration may contain conventional excipients such as binding agents, fillers, lubricants, or wetting agents, etc.
- Oral liquid preparations may be in the form of aqueous or oily suspensions, solutions, emulsions, syrups, elixirs or the like, or may be presented as a dry product for reconstitution with water or other suitable vehicle for use.
- Such liquid preparations may contain conventional additives, such as suspending agents, emulsifying agents, non-aqueous vehicles, and preservatives.
- Some formulations encompass slow release systems, such as a patch.
- the dose of the FXII inhibitor may depend on many factors such as, e.g., the indication, formulation, or mode of administration, and may be determined in preclinical and clinical trials for each respective indication.
- the dose of FXII inhibitor is 0.1 mg/kg, 1 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg, 500 mg/kg, 1000 mg/kg, or any dose in between, or from 0.1-1000 mg/kg, or 1-1000 mg/kg, or 1-500 mg/kg, or 50-500 mg/kg, 50-200 mg/kg, or 100-200 mg/kg, or any dose range in between.
- a therapeutically effective dose is a dose that brings about a positive therapeutic effect in the patient or subject requiring the treatment.
- a therapeutically effective dose is generally in the range of about 0.01 to 100 mg/kg, from about 0.01 to 50 mg/kg, from about 0.1 to 30 mg/kg, from about 0.1 to 10 mg/kg, from about 0.1 to 5 mg/kg, from about 0.1 to 2 mg/kg or from about 0.1 to 1 mg/kg, or any dose range in between, or one of the doses for a FXII inhibitor presented above or in the examples.
- the treatment may comprise giving a single dose or multiple doses. If multiple doses are required, they may be administered daily, every other day, weekly, biweekly, monthly, or bimonthly or as required.
- a depository may also be used that slowly and continuously releases the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof.
- a therapeutically effective dose may be a dose that inhibits FXIIa in the subject by at least 50%, preferably by at least 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, more preferably by at least 95%, 99% or even 100% (or by any percentage in between).
- the FXII inhibitor may be administered alone or in conjunction with other therapeutic agents. These agents may be co-formulated, or may be administered as separate formulations either concurrently or separately and via the same route of administration or different routes of administration.
- the schedule of administration or dose of a FXII inhibitor may also vary between individual patients with the same indication or different indications depending on factors such as other medical conditions or therapies.
- Example 1 The plasmatic blood coagulation system as an innovative target in multiple sclerosis
- Fibrin is the end product of so-called plasmatic blood coagulation system, which in turn is made up of the extrinsic and intrinsic systems.
- Coagulation Factor XII (FXII) is the starting point of the intrinsic blood coagulation cascade, which initially leads to activation of FXI. At the same time, it activates the proinflammatory contact (kinin) system, the end point of which is the formation of bradykinin.
- bradykinin receptor B1 R is an important regulator of inflammatory cell invasion in an EAE model.
- B1 R deficient mice experienced less severe EAE.
- wildtype mice treated with a selective antagonist of B1 R also experienced a lower disease maximum compared to untreated mice.
- blockade of the bradykinin receptor B2R by disruption of the B2R gene did not alter the EAE disease course.
- B2R mediates the majority of effects of bradykinin, although both B1R and B2R mediate the classical inflammatory process after tissue injury.
- bradykinin can be activated by at least two pathways: the intrinsic coagulation pathway and another pathway that must be FXII independent since it occurs even in FXII knockout mice. ( SchmaierAH, Int. Immunopharmacol. 2008; 8:161-65 .)
- EAE was induced by immunization of 10-12 weeks old female C57BI/6, FXII- or FXI-deficient mice with 200 ⁇ g MOG 35-55 .
- the C57BI/6 MOG 35-55 mouse model is commonly used for pre-clinical validation of therapeutic compounds. ( Krishnamoorthy & Wekerle, Eur. J. Immunol 2009; 39:2031-35 .)
- the course of EAE in this model resembles a primary progressive form of MS, since once induced the disease does not remit.
- CFA Complete Freund's Adjuvant
- Figure 5 depicts the number of inflammatory foci ( Fig. 5A ), demyelinated area/slice ( Fig. 5B ), and the axon counts ( Fig. 5C ) in control (left bar), PCK treated (middle bar), and FXII-/- mice (right bar).
- stained sections were examined in a blinded fashion by microscopy (Axiophot2, Zeiss; Oberkochen, Germany) with a CCD camera (Visitron Systems; Tuchheim, Germany).
- Inflammatory foci H&E
- LLB demyelinated areas
- axons were analyzed in defined lesions. Fluorescence intensity was measured utilizing ImageJ (NIH, USA). Examples of histologic comparisons between control (Con) and PCK-treated mice are presented for each bar graph. Arrows show areas of inflammation ( Fig. 5A ), demyelination ( Fig. 5B ), and axonal damage ( Fig. 5C ).
- Fig. 5D and 5E Splenocytes were isolated from immunized mice at the disease maximum and 50 days after EAE induction and stimulated with MOG 35-55 peptide (10 mg/ml) or CD3/CD28 beads (cell to bead ratio 2:1). For the proliferation assay shown in Fig.
- 1 x 10 5 splenocytes were cultured in 1 ml DMEM containing 10 mM HEPES, 25 mg/ml gentamicin, 50 mM mercaptoethanol, 5% FCS, 2 mM glutamine, and 1% nonessential amino acids (Cambrex; Verviers, Belgium) for three days and stimulated with CD3/CD28 beads (cell to bead ratio 2:1; Dynal Biotech, Hamburg, Germany) or 10 mg/ml MOG 35-55 .
- thymidine (Amerham; Piscataway, NJ) was added for the final 14 hours, and radioactivity was measured on a beta-scintillation counter (TopCount NXT; PerkinElmer, Rodgau-Jügesheim, Germany). Experiments were performed in quadruplicates.
- Example 2 A protein inhibitor of FXII also inhibits clinical signs of disease in a primary progressing model of neurological autoimmune inflammation
- rHA-Infestin-4 another inhibitor of FXII, was also active in the EAE model described in detail in Example 1.
- mice were treated with rHA-infestin-4, a protein comprising human albumin fused to the infestin 4 domain via a linker (which is described in Hagedorn et al. Circulation 2010; 117:1153-60 ) by daily intravenous injections at a dose of 200 ⁇ g/g.
- rHA-Infestin-4 also reduced the EAE score early in the course of disease. And as was seen in the study in PCK-treated and FXII -/- mice, treatment with rHA-Infestin-4 resulted in a significant reduction in IL-17 production relative to control ( Fig. 6B ).
- Example 3 Anti-FXII antibody treatment inhibits clinical signs of disease in a relapsing model of neurological autoimmune inflammation
- EAE was induced in female SJL mice aged 8-12 weeks by immunizing them subcutaneously with 100 ⁇ g of PLP peptide (139-151) (Mimotopes, Clayton, Vic, Australia) emulsified in Complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) (Difco, BD San Diego, CA, USA), followed by 200 ng pertussis toxin (Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MO, USA) administered intravenously on day 0.
- PLP peptide 139-151
- CFA Complete Freund's adjuvant
- control animals On day “-1” (i.e., the day before EAE induction injection), and on days 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, and 15 following induction, control animals were given a subcutaneous injection of 200 ⁇ g of isotype control monoclonal antibody while the experimental group received anti-FXII mAb (3F7). Disease was monitored from day 0 to 15. Clinical score was assessed as described in Langrish et al., J Exp Med. 2005; 201:233-40 , with a maximum score of 6 for each mouse. All animal procedures were approved by the CSL animal ethics committee.
- mice with a neutralizing anti-FXII monoclonal antibody inhibited the clinical progression of EAE in this relapsing model ( Figure 7 ). Inhibition was most effective at the early stage of disease.
- Macrophages and dendritic cells are prominent in EAE and MS inflammatory lesions and have roles in mediating tissue injury. They contribute by production of proinflammatory cytokines, antigen presentation to auto-reactive lymphocytes, and in the production of reactive oxygen species that cause direct myelin damage (Graham et.al., 2009).
- Chemerin is a molecule that circulates as a zymogen within the blood, and is activated by serine proteases which include plasmin, neutrophil elastase, and to a lesser extent FVIIa. FXIIa, however, is the predominant activator (Qu and Chaikof, 2010).
- Activated chemerin is a potent chemoattractant for cells expressing chemokine-like receptor 1 (CMKLR1), also known as ChemR23.
- CMKLR1 chemokine-like receptor 1
- This receptor is highly expressed by plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC), tissue resident macrophages, monocytes, and NK cells (Hart and Greaves, 2010). Studies by Graham et al. (2009), have shown that mouse knockouts of the chemerin receptor, CMKLR1, or Chem23, have overall lower clinical scores in EAE experiments.
- blocking the action of FXII with an antibody may act, at least in part, by reducing the amount of active chemerin, thereby producing a therapeutic effect in the EAE experiments.
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- This application relates to neurological inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, and to methods of administering a Factor XII inhibitor to prevent, treat, or otherwise ameliorate the effects of a neurological inflammatory disease, such as multiple sclerosis. Agents and pharmaceutical compositions comprising agents which inhibit the activity of FXII are also provided.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS) is part of a spectrum of neurological inflammatory diseases that include infiltration of immune cells, demyelination, and axonal/neuronal damage as part of their pathology. The World Health Organization (ICD-9-CM Diagnosis code 340) describes MS as a chronic disease characterized by the presence of numerous areas of demyelination in the central nervous system with symptoms such as weakness, incoordination, paresthesis, and speech disturbances. MS and other diseases like it are caused by autoimmune attack in which inflammatory cells invade the nervous system leading to demyelination and tissue destruction. (Morales et al., Adv Neurol 2006; 98:27-45; Frohman et al., N Engl J Med 2006; 354:942-55) The histopathological corollaries are MS plaques with cellular infiltrates (T cells, B cells, macrophages), which are ultimately believed to cause the oligodendroglial and axonal damage. As the destructive process progresses, the demyelination leads to impairment of cognitive function. (Ragonese et al., Eur J Neurol 2008;15:123-7; Bergamaschi et al., Neuroepidemiology 2005; 25:15-18).
- Demyelination is the loss of the myelin sheath that forms an insulating layer around neural axons. Myelin is produced by different cell types depending on the anatomic location: oligodendrocytes myelinate the axons of the central nervous system (CNS), while Schwann cells myelinate peripheral axons. Myelin is composed of several proteins and lipids, including myelin basic protein (MBP), myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), proteolipid protein (PLP), galactocerebroside (GalC), and sphinogomyelin.
- Signs and symptoms of demyelinating diseases vary depending on the location of the demyelination. Some common signs and symptoms include visual problems (double vision, nystagmus, or vision loss), tingling or numbness (paresthesia), speech impairment, memory loss, heat sensitivity, muscle spasms, muscle weakness, and loss of coordination or balance.
- The name "multiple sclerosis" refers to the multiple scars ("scleroses"), or lesions, that form in the brain and spinal cord in areas where the myelin is lost. The disease pattern of MS can vary. According to the U.S. National Multiple Sclerosis Society, there are four standardized subtypes: (1) relapsing remitting, (2) secondary progressive, (3) primary progressive, and (4) progressive relapsing. Relapsing remitting is the most common initial course of disease and is characterized by attacks separated by periods of remission that may last for months to years, during which there are no new signs of disease. Secondary progressive disease, as the name implies, begins as relapsing-remitting MS, but definite periods of remission eventually disappear. The primary progressive subtype describes disease in which there is never a meaningful remission after the initial onset. In progressive relapsing disease, there is a steady neurological decline from onset, but in addition there are superimposed attacks.
- Multiple sclerosis can be diagnosed using the 2010 revisions to the McDonald criteria, which rely on magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) coupled with the clinical presentation. (Polman et al., Ann Neurol 2011; 69:292-302.) Generally, a patient presenting with two or more attacks or with two or more objective clinical lesions is considered to have MS without need for additional clinical evidence. In patients with fewer attacks or fewer demonstrable lesions, diagnosis is based on objective demonstration of dissemination of lesions in space and/or time by clinical or clinical and diagnostic (MRI) findings.
- The etiology of MS is unknown, but it is generally accepted that it is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system destroys myelin in the CNS. (International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2, Nature 2011; 476:214-9.) A prerequisite for immune cell infiltration into the CNS is a disruption in the blood-brain barrier that normally protects the CNS from infiltration. This process results in CNS inflammation, which is a second pathological hallmark of MS. As with many autoimmune diseases, MS is more common in women than in men, affecting approximately 3 people per 100,000. (Alonso, 2008.) In addition to MS, there are other demyelinating inflammatory diseases. For example, other demyelinating inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system include the idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases, transverse myelitis, and neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease). Inflammatory demyelination may also occur in the peripheral nervous system: examples include Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Miller Fisher Syndrome, and anti-MAG peripheral neuropathy.
- Current treatments for MS are based on the autoimmune nature of the disease and were developed, at least in part, based on experiments using experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) animal models. (Stüve et al., Arch Neurol. 2010; 67:1307-15.) Fingolimod, approved by the FDA in 2010 for treatment in relapsing forms of MS, is a phospholipid that acts by sequestering lymphocytes, the immune cells thought to mediate the destruction of myelin. (GILENYA (fingolimod), prescribing information, 07/2011 revision.) Fingolimod also received orphan drug designation (EU/3/09/718) in Europe in 2010 for treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Older treatments for MS include interferon beta-1a and interferon beta-1b, and glatiramer acetate, which are immunomodulators. (Herrmann et al., Am. J. Pathol. 2010; 177:3051-60; Stüve et al., Arch Neurol. 2010; 67:1307-15.) Natalizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against integrin α4, was approved in 2004 for treatment of patients with relapsing forms of MS. (TYSABRI (natalizumab) prescribing information, 08/2011 revision.) It is generally used as a second line therapy because its use is associated with an increased risk of life-threatening viral infection (PML, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy). Natalizumab blocks the binding of leukocytes to certain cellular adhesion molecules involved in passage of cells from the blood into tissues. Thus, natalizumab is thought to work by preventing the passage of immune cells into the CNS, thereby preventing further destruction of myelin. Mitoxantrone is an agent that blocks DNA synthesis and so may reduce the ability of lymphocytes to proliferate.
- Although each of the currently approved therapies show some effectiveness at decreasing at least the number of attacks in relapsing forms of MS, their effectiveness is limited and in many cases is associated with significant side effects, making long-term therapy impractical. Thus, there is a great unmet biomedical need for additional therapies.
- Factor XII (FXII) is a serine protease that is involved in the activation of the intrinsic coagulation cascade. It was identified in 1955 as a clotting factor that is activated by contact with polyanions (contact activation). In vivo these surfaces include inorganic polyphosphates (PolyP) that are secreted by activated platelets, (Muller et.al., 2010), endothelial cell surfaces (qC1qR), cytokeratin1, urokinase-plasminogen activation receptor (u-PAR, CD87), articular cartilage, skin, fatty acids, endotoxin, proteoglycans (heparan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate E, mast cell heparin), and amyloid proteins. (Schmaier, 2008.) Once FXII has been activated to form FXIIa, there is a positive feedback reaction in which FXIIa activates circulating FXII. A variety of FXII inhibitors, ranging from small molecules to proteins, are available. Although FXII is the initiating factor in the intrinsic pathway, Factor XII deficiency does not contribute to bleeding because the extrinsic (tissue factor) pathway is the primary pathway for clot formation.
- Despite its well-established role in the intrinsic pathway, the physiologic role of Factor XII remains unclear. (Schmaier, J. Clin. Invest. 2008; 118:3006-9; Stavrou & Schmaier, Thromb. Res. 2010.) FXII is involved in the inflammatory process through the formation of bradykinin via the kinin-kallikrein system. Bradykinin contributes to the classical inflammatory parameters of redness, heat, swelling, and pain, which are caused by activation of endothelial cells to increase vascular permeability, production of nitric oxide, and mobilization of arachidonic acid, as well as by stimulating sensory nerve endings. It is also involved in pathological thrombosis in ischemia. (Kleinschnitz et al., J. Exp. Med. 2006; 203:513-8.) Yet another role of FXII is in chemotaxis, aggregation, and degranulation of neutrophils. (Wachtfogel et.al., 1986.) It can also enhance monocyte production of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1, and is involved in the complement system.
- Thus, FXII is involved in multiple complex, pathways, but it remains unclear whether FXII is essential in vivo for any of these pathways. For example, humans that are deficient in FXII do not suffer from abnormal bleeding diathesis, even during major surgical procedures. (Schmaier, J. Clin. Invest. 2008; 118:3006-9.) Further, although FXII can be involved in fibrin deposition, which has been reported to be activated in MS (Marik et al. Brain 2007; 130:2800-15), and in the activation of bradykinin which may also contribute to MS (Göbel et al. J. Autoimmunity 2011; 36:106-14), it is unclear whether it is the FXII-dependent pathway that causes these effects, or another pathway that shares the same end result, such as fibrin deposition by the extrinsic coagulation pathway. Accordingly, direct demonstration of a role for FXII in any of the pathological features of MS is currently lacking.
- Although the role of Factor XII (FXII) in inflammatory demyelination was previously unrecognized, the embodiments of this application provide inhibitors of FXII to prevent, treat, or ameliorate multiple sclerosis and other forms of inflammatory demyelination. The application provides methods of administering a Factor XII inhibitor to prevent, treat, or otherwise ameliorate the effects of a neurological inflammatory disease, including multiple sclerosis. A "FXII inhibitor" refers to inhibitors of either or both of Factor XII and activated Factor XII (FXIIa).
- Accordingly, in one aspect, the invention provides an inhibitor of Factor XII for the use of preventing, treating, or ameliorating a neurological inflammatory disease comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a Factor XII (FXII) inhibitor according to
claim 1. - In various embodiments of any of the aspects of the invention, the FXII inhibitor may comprise the wild type infestin-4 polypeptide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2), or a variant thereof, wherein the variant comprises: (a) the N-terminal amino acids 2-13 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and at least one and up to five amino acid mutations outside the N-terminal amino acids that result in differences from the wild type infestin-4 sequence; and/or (b) six conserved cysteine residues; and homology of at least 70% to the wild type infestin-4 sequence.
- In various embodiments of any of the aspects of the invention, the FXII inhibitor may comprise an anti-FXII antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein the antibody binds to FXII and inhibits its activity and/or activation.
- In those embodiments in which the FXII inhibitor is an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, the anti-FXII antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof may comprise (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 13; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17. In some of these embodiments, the anti-FXII antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 16. In certain embodiments, the anti-FXII antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises a VH region comprising SEQ ID NO: 7 and a VL region comprising SEQ ID NO: 8. In any of the embodiments involving an antibody, the anti-FXII antibody may be an IgG. In any of the embodiments, the anti-Factor XII/XIIa monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof may inhibit human Factor XIIa-alpha by more than 50% when used at a molar ratio of FXIIa-alpha to antibody of 1:0.2.
- In various embodiments of any of the aspects of the invention, the FXII inhibitor may be linked to a half-life enhancing polypeptide that is albumin, afamin, alpha-fetoprotein, vitamin D binding protein, human albumin or a variant thereof, an immunoglobulin or a variant thereof, PEG, or a variant thereof, or an Fc of an IgG. In some of these embodiments, the half-life enhancing polypeptide is linked to the FXII inhibitor via a linker. In some of the embodiments involving a linker, the linker can be (a) cleavable; (b) cleavable by a coagulation protease of the intrinsic, extrinsic, or common coagulation pathway; and/or (c) cleavable by Factor XIIa.
- In various embodiments of any of the aspects of the invention, the FXII inhibitor may comprise a human albumin-linker-FXII fusion protein.
- In various embodiments of any of the aspects of the invention, the neurological inflammatory disease may be multiple sclerosis (MS). In some of those embodiments involving MS, the MS can be relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. In other embodiments involving MS, the MS can be primary progressing multiple sclerosis.
- In various embodiments of any of the aspects of the invention, the neurological inflammatory disease may be transverse myelitis.
- In various embodiments of any of the aspects of the invention, the neurological inflammatory disease may be neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease).
- Additional objects and advantages of the embodiments in the application appear in part in the following description and in part will be obvious from the description, or they may be learned in practice. The objects and advantages of the embodiments will manifest themselves by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
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Figure 1 presents the amino acid sequence of infestin (SEQ ID NO: 1). -
Figure 2 compares the amino acid sequences of infestin-4 (SEQ ID NO: 2), SPINK-1 (SEQ ID NO: 3) and three SPINK-1 variants (K1 (SEQ ID NO: 4), K2 (SEQ ID NO: 5), and K3 (SEQ ID NO: 6)). * denotes identical amino acids, and | denotes similar amino acids with regard to the Infestin-4 sequence. The underlined sequence of infestin-4 was used to replace 15 amino acids of SPINK-1 to generate K1. Variants K2 and K3 were generated by additional point mutations (amino acids underlined) on the K1 sequence. -
Figure 3 presents the amino acid sequence of human albumin (SEQ ID NO: 19). -
Figure 4A-D depict the EAE score of mice as a function of time.Fig. 4A presents FXII-/- mice compared to control mice (Con).Fig. 4B presents FXI-/- mice compared to control mice (Con).Figs. 4C and 4D present scores for mice treated with the FXII inhibitor PCK compared to controls starting from the day of immunization (Fig. 4C ) or from day 12 (Fig. 4D ). -
Figure 5A-5E summarize histologic and in vitro functional data.Fig. 5A depicts the number of inflammatory foci,Fig. 5B the demyelinated area/slice, andFig. 5C the axon counts in control (left bar), PCK treated (middle bar), and FXII-/- mice (right bar). Examples of histologic comparisons between control (Con) and PCK-treated mice are presented for each bar graph.Fig. 5D presents proliferation of splenocytes in response to CD3/CD28 or MOG stimulation.Fig. 5E summarizes cytokine secretion in splenocytes from control (left bar), PCK treated (middle bar), and FXII-/- mice (right bar). -
Figure 6A presents the EAE scores as a function of time for mice treated with the FXII inhibitor, rHA-Infestin-4.Fig. 6B compares the levels of the cytokine IL-17 in control (left bar) versus rHA-Infestin-4-treated (right bar) mice. -
Figure 7 presents the paralysis score as a function of time for mice treated with an anti-Factor XII antibody (filled diamonds) or with an isotype control antibody (open squares). -
Figure 8 presents the cytokine levels in the blood of anti-FXII treated and control mice for the cytokines GM-CSF, IFNγ, TNFα and, IL-1β. - The embodiments of the application pertain to methods comprising administering at least one Factor XII (FXII) inhibitor to a patient to prevent, treat, or otherwise ameliorate the effects of a neurological inflammatory disease.
- One advantage of the embodiments of the application is that FXII inhibitors may have an improved safety profile compared to other drugs, since they are expected to be well-tolerated. In addition, since FXII is involved in several physiological cascades, one or more of which may be involved in inflammatory demyelinating diseases such as MS, FXII inhibitors may have a better efficacy profile compared to single target therapies.
- One aspect the invention relates to methods of preventing, treating, or otherwise ameliorating the effects of an inflammatory demyelinating disease, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof at least one Factor XII (FXII) inhibitor, to thereby prevent, treat, or ameliorate the effects of the neurological inflammatory disease. Accordingly, the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of an inflammatory demyelinating disease.
- As used here, the terms "treat" and "treating" do not require a complete elimination of symptoms, and these terms are not equivalent to "cure" or "curing." Instead, "treat" and "treating" mean that at least one sign or symptom of the disease has been reduced, inhibited, lessened, or delayed. In some embodiments, the signs or symptoms are one or more of the primary or secondary endpoints described below. In certain embodiments, "treat" or "treating" can also include ameliorating the effects of the disease. In general, however, "ameliorating the effects" means that some aspect of the disease that reflects an impairment of the patient's function is improved. Functional assessments can be made using well-established criteria for the disease, including the use of the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Score (EDSS) (Kurtzke JF, Neuroepidemiol. 2008; 31:1-9) for multiple sclerosis (MS), as described below. "Preventing," as used here, means either administration of therapy to a subject that is known to be at risk for developing an inflammatory demyelinating disease or, in those diseases that remit and then relapse, "preventing" can mean inhibiting relapse in a patient who is in remission. As noted below for MS, "preventing" also means that a patient that satisfies some, but not all, of the diagnostic criteria for MS but does not progress to overt disease fully meeting the diagnostic criteria.
- The terms "neurological inflammatory disease" and "inflammatory demyelinating disease" are used essentially interchangeably to refer to a condition in a human patient, or in an animal, in which there is inflammation of one or more areas of brain or spinal cord. The terms are not fully equivalent, however, and the skilled artisan will appreciate that a neurological inflammatory disease does not necessarily require demyelination, although demyelination often develops following the inflammation. Multiple sclerosis is one example of an inflammatory demyelinating disease in humans. In a variety of animals, including mice, rats, and monkeys, inflammatory demyelination can be induced experimentally by several different immunization strategies that are well-known and are accepted as models of human disease. (Reviewed in Krishnamoorthy & Wekerle, Eur. J. Immunol 2009; 39:2031-35.) Two different immunization strategies are presented in the Examples. The resulting induced disease, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), is another example of an inflammatory demyelinating disease, albeit an experimental disease and accordingly confined to non-human subjects.
- In some embodiments, the inflammatory demyelinating disease is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Exemplary diseases include, but are not limited to, multiple sclerosis, idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases, transverse myelitis, and neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease).
- In some embodiments, the inflammatory demyelinating disease is a disease of the peripheral nervous system. Exemplary diseases include, but are not limited to, Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Miller Fisher syndrome, and anti-MAG peripheral neuropathy.
- In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating multiple sclerosis or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis. Accordingly, the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing or treating multiple sclerosis, or for ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis.
- In those embodiments involving multiple sclerosis, subjects with MS can be diagnosed using the "McDonald criteria," which rely on magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) coupled with the clinical presentation. (Polman et al., Ann Neurol 2011; 69:292-302.) Generally, a patient presenting with two or more attacks or with two or more objective clinical lesions is considered to have MS without need for additional clinical evidence. In patients with fewer attacks or fewer demonstrable lesions, diagnosis is based on objective demonstration of dissemination of lesions in space and/or time by clinical or clinical and diagnostic (MRI) findings. Clinical evidence of dissemination of lesions in space is demonstrated by one or more T2 lesions in at least two of four of the following areas of the central nervous system: periventricular, juxtacortical, infratentorial, or spinal cord. Dissemination of lesions in time is demonstrated by either a new T2 and/or gadolinium-enhancing lesion on follow-up MRI or the simultaneous presence of asymptomatic gadolinium-enhancing and non-enhancing lesions at any time. Primary progressive MS is diagnosed in subjects with one year of disease progression (including retrospective), plus two or more of: A) evidence of dissemination in space based on one or more T2 lesions in the brain in at least one area characteristic of MS (periventricular, juxtacortical, or infratentorial), or B) evidence for dissemination in space in the spinal cord based on greater that two T2 lesions, and C) the presence of oligoclonal bands and/or elevated IgG index in the cerebrospinal fluid. (Polman et al., Ann Neurol 2011; 69:292-302.)
- In some embodiments, the patient has, or has had, at least one clinical attack or at least one objective clinical lesion, but has not presented with a sufficient number of clinical attacks and objective clinical lesions to establish a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis using the McDonald criteria. Such a patient is a patient "at risk" for multiple sclerosis and administering a FXII inhibitor to a patient that is "at risk" for MS can be used to prevent MS in the sense that the subject does not progress to the point that a diagnosis of MS can be made under the McDonald criteria. Accordingly, in one embodiment there is provided a method of preventing multiple sclerosis comprising administering at least one FXII inhibitor to a subject at risk for multiple sclerosis, thereby preventing multiple sclerosis. Likewise, the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing multiple sclerosis in a subject at risk for multiple sclerosis.
- In those embodiments involving a subject that has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the subjects may be further categorized based on the disease course into subjects with (1) relapsing remitting, (2) secondary progressive, (3) primary progressive, and (4) progressive relapsing MS.
- Thus, the invention provides in certain embodiments methods of preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a patient diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating the relapsing remitting MS or ameliorating the effects of the relapsing remitting MS. In addition, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.
- In additional embodiments, the invention provides methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a patient diagnosed with secondary progressive MS a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating the secondary progressive MS or ameliorating the effects of the secondary progressive MS. In addition, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
- In still other embodiments, the invention provides methods of preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a patient diagnosed with primary progressive MS a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating the primary progressive MS or ameliorating the effects of the primary progressive MS. In addition, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
- In further embodiments, the invention provides methods of preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering to a patient diagnosed with progressive relapsing MS a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Factor XII inhibitor, thereby preventing or treating the progressive relapsing MS or ameliorating the effects of the progressive relapsing MS. In addition, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Factor XII inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for use in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of progressive relapsing multiple sclerosis.
- One example of ameliorating the effects of or treating any of the types of MS is a reduction in the disability status of the subject or an increase in the time to disability progression. The disability status can be evaluated (or scored) using the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Score (EDSS). (Kurtzke JF, Neuroepidemiol 2008; 31:1-9.) For example, an inhibitor reduces the disability score if it reduces the time to onset of "sustained increase in disability," defined as an increase of at least 1 point on the EDSS from baseline EDSS ≥ 1.0 that was sustained for 12 weeks, or at least a 1.5 point increase on the EDSS from baseline EDSS=0 that was sustained for 12 weeks. Other examples of ameliorating the effects of or treating any of the types of MS can be measured by MRI: for example, a decrease in the median number of new or newly enlarging T2-hyperintense lesions over a defined period, e.g., 12, 24, 36, or 48 months; or a decrease in the number of T1 gadolinium-enhancing lesions over a defined period, e.g., 12, 24, 36, or 48 months.
- In general, criteria that can be used to show that a FXII inhibitor according to the invention is treating MS or ameliorating the effects of MS include the following outcomes, either alone or in any subcombination: a decrease in extent of number of contrast-enhancing MRI lesions; a decrease in the Sustained Accumulation of Disability (SAD) rating; a decrease in the occurrence of relapse; an increase in the time to relapse; an increase in the proportion of patients who are relapse-free at, for example, 1, 2, 3, or more years after initial treatment; a decrease in the rate of cerebral atrophy on brain scan; a decrease in MRI T2 lesion volume ; change in cerebrospinal fluid ("CSF") osteopontin levels; improvement in expanded disability status scale (EDSS); improvement in Timed 25-foot Walk (T25FW) test; improvement in Multiple Sclerosis Impairment Score (MSIS); improvement in Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF36); an improvement in the levels of neurofilament heavy chain in the cerebrospinal fluid; an improvement in the levels of myelin basic protein in cerebrospinal fluid; an improvement in normalized brain volume (NBV), grey matter volume (GMV), and/or white matter volume (WMV); an improvement in Magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) in whole brain, lesions, normal-appearing grey matter (NAGM), or normal-appearing white matter (NAWM); an improvement in Diffusion transfer imaging (DTI) in FA and ADC in lesions, GM and NAWM; an improvement in CSF cell count; an improvement in in IgG-index; an improvement in CSF nitrogen oxide metabolites; an improvement in the CSF-serum albumin concentration quotient; an improvement in CSF CXCL13 levels; an improvement in Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) levels; a decrease in new Gadolinium-enhancing lesions (GdEL); a decrease in volume of lesions on T2-weighted MRI images, a decrease in the number of new or enlarging lesions on T2-weighted MRI images; any combination of these criteria; or any subcombination of these criteria. For any of the criteria, the criteria can be judged relative to the time at which treatment began.
- In those embodiments involving a relapsing form of MS, a FXII inhibitor according to the invention also treats or ameliorates MS if it reduces the annualized relapse rate or increases the percentage of patients remaining relapse-free for a defined period, such as, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months, 48 months, or 60 months (or for any time in between).
- The EAE model can be used to determine whether a particular FXII inhibitor will prevent, treat, or ameliorate multiple sclerosis. EAE models are accepted animal models of MS and have been used to develop drugs approved by the FDA for treatment of multiple sclerosis. (E.g., Stüve et al., Arch. Neurol. 2010; 67:1307-15; Yednock et al., Nature 1992.) Accordingly, if a particular FXII inhibitor shows activity in one or more EAE model, such as those described in the examples, the skilled artisan would expect that a FXII inhibitor also shows activity in preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of multiple sclerosis. It is worth noting, however, that inactivity in an EAE model does not preclude activity in multiple sclerosis. For example, one early treatment for MS, interferon beta, was not very effective in the EAE model. (Stüve et al., Arch. Neurol. 2010; 67:1307-15.)
- The terms "Factor XII" and "FXII" each refer to either or both of Factor XII and activated Factor XII (FXIIa). Thus "FXII inhibitor" includes inhibitors of either or both of FXII and FXIIa. Further, anti-FXII antibodies include antibodies that bind to and inhibit either or both of FXII and FXIIa. The term "FXII inhibitor" is also meant to include an inhibitor of FXII that is linked to a half-life extending polypeptide, which in some embodiments includes a linker.
- In some embodiments, the FXII inhibitor is a direct inhibitor of FXII. The term "direct" inhibitor means an inhibitor that acts via contact (e.g., binding) with FXII (or FXIIa). In contrast, an indirect inhibitor may act without contacting FXII (or FXIIa) protein; for example, an antisense RNA can be used to decrease expression of the FXII gene, but it does not interact directly with FXII protein. Thus, an indirect inhibitor, in contrast to a direct inhibitor, acts upstream or downstream from the FXII protein. Some examples of direct inhibitors are presented below. The FXII inhibitors are generally non-endogenous inhibitors; that is, they are not inhibitors that occur naturally in the body of a subject with inflammatory demyelinating disease.
- In one embodiment, the application provides a FXII inhibitor comprising
infestin domain 4, "infestin-4." Recently, infestin-4 was reported to be a novel inhibitor of activated FXII (FXIIa). Infestins are a class of serine protease inhibitors derived from the midgut of the hematophagous insect, Triatoma infestans, a major vector for the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, known to cause Chagas disease. (Campos ITN et al. 32 Insect Biochem. Mol. Bio. 991-997, 2002; Campos ITN et al. 577 FEBS Lett. 512-516, 2004.) This insect uses these inhibitors to prevent coagulation of ingested blood. The full length precursor polypeptide sequence of infestin is provided inFigure 1 (SEQ ID NO: 1). The infestin gene encodes 4 domains that result in proteins that can inhibit different factors in the coagulation pathway. In particular,domain 4 encodes a protein (infestin-4) that is a strong inhibitor of FXIIa. Infestin-4 has been administered in mice without bleeding complications. (WO 2008/098720 ; Hagedorn et al., Circulation 2010; 121:1510-17.) - Accordingly, in one embodiment, there is provided a FXII inhibitor that comprises a variant of infestin-4. In another embodiment, FXII inhibitors comprise
infestin domain 4, and optionallyinfestin domains WO 2008/098720 ; also see Campos ITN et al. 577 FEBS Lett. 512-516, 2004.) In one embodiment, the FXII inhibitor is a (His)6-tagged infestin-4 construct. In another embodiment, the FXII inhibitor is a fusion protein consisting of albumin-linker-infestin-4. In one embodiment, the albumin-linker-infestin-4 is the rHA-Infestin-4 protein described in Hagedorn et al. Circulation 2010; 117:1153-60. Examples of infestin inhibitors of FXII are described inWO 2008/098720 and Hagedorn et al. Circulation 2010; 117:1153-60. - As used here, the term "variant" of infestin refers to a polypeptide with an amino acid mutation, wherein the "mutation" is defined as a substitution, a deletion, or an addition, to the wild type infestin-4 sequence, wherein such changes do not alter the functional ability of the polypeptide to inhibit FXII. The term "variant" includes fragments of the wild type or mutated infestin-4 sequence. Further examples of such variants are provided below.
- In one embodiment, an infestin-4 variant comprises the amino acid sequence VRNPCACFRNYV (residues 2-13 of SEQ ID NO: 2) from the amino terminal of the wild type infestin-4 sequence (see underlined sequence in
Figure 2 ), and at least one and up to five amino acid mutations outside the N-terminal amino acids that result in differences from the wild type infestin-4 sequence, and/or six conserved cysteine residues, and/or homology of at least 70% to the wild type infestin-4 sequence. Therefore in some embodiments, a variant of infestin-4 comprises the conserved N-terminal region of amino acids 2-13 of the wild type infestin-4 sequence, and at least one and up to five amino acid mutations outside these conserved N-terminal amino acids that result in differences from the wild type infestin-4 sequence. As used here, the term "outside the N-terminal amino acids" of an infestin variant refers to any amino acid along the polypeptide chain of the variant other than the contiguous stretch of amino acids that comprises the sequence VRNPCACFRNYV, i.e., amino acids 2-13 from SEQ ID NO: 2. In another embodiment, an infestin-4 variant comprises six conserved cysteine residues and has homology of at least 70% to the wild type infestin-4 sequence. In one embodiment, the six conserved cysteine residues are amino acids atpositions Figure 2 ). In one embodiment, the variant comprises the final conserved cysteine at position 48. In other embodiments, the exact positions of the cysteine residues, and relative positions to each other, may change frompositions - In one embodiment, the FXII inhibitor comprises a variant of the wild type infestin-4 polypeptide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2), wherein the variant comprises the N-terminal amino acids 2-13 of SEQ ID NO: 2; at least one and up to five amino acid mutations outside said N-terminal amino acids that result in differences from the wild type Infestin-4 sequence; six conserved cysteine residues; and homology of at least 70% to the wild type Infestin-4 sequence.
- In infestin-4 variant embodiments, a variant of infestin-4 is characterized in that it inhibits FXII. The functional activity of inhibiting FXII may be assessed for example, through in vitro and/or in vivo characterization, including direct assays to test inhibition of FXII enzyme activity, prolonged coagulation time, i.e. activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT; a clinical clotting test that addresses the intrinsic pathway of coagulation), or in vivo methods that evaluate coagulation.
- In other embodiments, the FXII inhibitor is an anti-FXII antibody that binds to FXII and inhibits FXII activation and/ or activity. Anti-FXII antibodies have been described, for example in
WO 2006/066878 , and in Ravon et al., 1 Blood 4134-43, 1995. Other monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to human Factor XII include the B7C9 mAb described by Pixley et al (J Biol Chem 1987; 262, 10140-45), a mAb described by Small et al (Blood 1985; 65:202-10); the mAbs F1 andF3 described by Nuijens et al (J. Biol. Chem. 1989; 264:12941-49); the B6F5, C6B7, and D2E10 mAbs against the light chain of FXII described inWO89/11865 WO90/08835 WO91/17258 - Additional anti-Factor XII/FXIIa monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragment thereof are described in
U.S. provisional application no. 61/510,801, filed July 22, 2011 - In other embodiments, the anti-FXII antibody is an IgG antibody that binds human FXII and comprises (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 13; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17. A heavy chain CDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 11 comprises the sequence GIX1X2X3X4X5X6TVYADSVKG, wherein X1 is R, N or D, X2 is P, V, I, or M; X3 is S, P, or A; X4 is G, L, V, or T; X5 can be any amino acid, preferably X5 is G, Y, Q, K, R, N, or M; and X6 is T, G, or S. A heavy chain CDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 13 comprises the sequence ALPRSGYLX1X2X3X4YYYYALDV, wherein X1 is I, M or V; X2 is S or K; X3 is P, K, T, or H; and X4 is H, N, G, or Q. A light chain CDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 17 comprises the sequence AX1WX2X3X4X5RX6X7, wherein X1 is A or S; X2 is D, Y, E, T, W, E, or S,; X3 is A, N, I, L, V, P, Q, or E; X4 is S, D, P, E, Q, or R; X5 is L or V; X6 is G, L, or K; and X7 is V, A, D, T, M, or G.
- In other embodiments, the anti-FXII antibody antigen-binding fragment is a fragment of an IgG antibody that binds human FXII and comprises (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 16.
- In one embodiment, the anti-FXII antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is the antibody "3F7" used in Example 3. Sequences of the variable regions and CDRs of 3F7 are presented in Table 1.
Table 1. Region Amino acid sequence VH VL HCDR 1 (Kabat 31-35) KYIMQ (SEQ ID NO: 9) HCDR 2 (Kabat 50-65) GIRPSGGTTVYADSVKG (SEQ ID NO: 10) HCDR 3 (Kabat 95-102) ALPRSGYLISPHYYYYALDV (SEQ ID NO: 12) LCDR 1 (Kabat 24-34) SGSSSNIGRNYVY (SEQ ID NO: 14) LCDR 2 (Kabat 50-56) SNNQRPS (SEQ ID NO: 15) LCDR 3 (Kabat 89-97) AAWDASLRGV (SEQ ID NO: 16) - In still other embodiments, the anti-FXII antibody or antigen binding fragment is chosen from the affinity matured (relative to 3F7) antibodies VR115, VR112, VR24, VR110, VR119.
mAb HCDR1 HCDR2 HCDR3 LCDR1 LCDR2 LCDR3 3F7 9 10 12 14 15 16 VR119 9 11 12 14 15 16 VR112 9 11 12 14 15 16 VR115 9 11 12 14 15 16 VR24 9 10 12 18 15 16 VR110 9 11 12 14 15 16 - As noted above SEQ ID NO: 11 is a degenerate sequence. VR119 comprises SEQ ID NO: 11 wherein X1 is N, X2 is V, X3 is P; X4 is L, X5 Y; and X6 is G. VR112 comprises SEQ ID NO: 11 wherein X1 is N, X2 is V, X3 is P, X4 is V, X5 is Q, and X6 is G. VR115 comprises SEQ ID NO: 11 wherein X1 is D, X2 is I, X3 is P, X4 is T, X5 is K, and X6 is G. VR110 comprises SEQ ID NO: 11 wherein X1 is D, X2 is M, X3 is P, X4 is T, X5 is K, and X6 is G. VR24 comprises a unique LCDR1: SGSSEMTVHHYVY (SEQ ID NO: 18).
- In embodiments involving antibody CDRs, CDR's are defined according to the KABAT numbering system. (Kabat EA, Wu TT, Perry HM, Gottesman KS, Foeller C (1991) Sequences of proteins of immunological interest, 5th edn. U.S. Department of Health and Human services, NIH, Bethesda, MD.)
- In some embodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is an anti-Factor XII/FXIIa monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that inhibits Factor XIIa-alpha by more than 40%, more than 50%, or more than 60%, when used at a molar ratio of FXIIa-alpha to antibody of 1:0.2. In some embodiments, the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof inhibits Factor XIIa-alpha by more than 80%, more than 85%, or more than 90%, at a molar ratio of FXIIa-alpha to antibody of 1:0.5. In one embodiment, the antibody achieves complete inhibition of FXIIa-alpha at a molar ratio of 1:0.5. In one embodiments, the FXIIa-alpha is human Factor XIIa-alpha. In one embodiment, the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof has an affinity for human FXIIa that is at least comparable to antibody 3F7.
- As discussed above, an "anti-FXII antibody" includes antibodies that bind to and inhibit either or both of FXII and FXIIa. In one embodiment, the antibody may be in the form of a full length Ig, Fab, F(ab)2, Fv, scFv, or other form or variant thereof. The antibody may be monoclonal or polyclonal. The antibody may be characterized in that the isotype is IgM, IgD, IgA, IgG, or IgE, or any subclass thereof, such as IgG1, or variants thereof. The antibody may be from a mammalian species, including, but not limited to human, mouse, rat, rabbit, goat, hamster, or monkey. The antibody may be humanized or CDR-grafted. The antibody maybe mutated or modified to alter immunogenicity, half-life, or to impart other advantageous properties associated with a therapeutic antibody. In one embodiment, the antibody is an anti-FXII antibody that binds to an epitope on the heavy chain or light chain of FXII (wherein, "FXII" includes FXII and FXIIa), such as a neutralizing epitope. The antibody may be high affinity and/or high avidity for binding to FXII. The antibody may be conjugated to a polypeptide, nucleic acid or small molecule.
- In another embodiment, the FXII inhibitor is a protein, peptide, nucleic acid, or small molecule. The term "small molecule" refers to a low molecular weight compound. A small molecule may be for example less than 1000 daltons, allowing diffusion across cell membranes. A small molecule may be characterized in that it binds with high affinity to FXII. A preferred small molecule is one which can be absorbed from the GI tract.
- Another aspect of the application provides FXII inhibitors linked to a half-life enhancing polypeptide (HLEP). In one embodiment, FXII inhibitors are small proteins. Therefore a rapid renal clearance as published for other small proteins can be expected. (Werle M and Bernkop-Schnurch A, Amino Acids 2006; 30:351-367.) One way to address a short plasma half-life of a polypeptidic compound is to inject it repeatedly or via continuous infusion. Another approach is to increase the intrinsic plasma half-life of the polypeptide itself. For example, in one embodiment, FXII inhibitors are linked to half-life extending proteins.
- A "half-life enhancing polypeptide" increases the half-life of the FXII inhibitor in vivo in a patient or in an animal. For example, albumin and immunoglobulins and their fragments or derivatives have been described as half-life enhancing polypeptides (HLEPs).
Ballance et al. (WO 2001/79271 - The terms "albumin" and "serum albumin" encompass human albumin (HA) and variants thereof, the full mature form of which is given (SEQ ID NO: 19), as well as albumin from other species and variants thereof. As used herein, "albumin" refers to an albumin polypeptide or amino acid sequence, or an albumin variant, having one or more functional activities (e.g. biological activities) of albumin. As used herein, albumin is capable of stabilizing or prolonging the therapeutic activity of a FXII inhibitor. The albumin may be derived from any vertebrate, especially any mammal, for example human, monkey, cow, sheep, or pig. Non-mammalian albumins include, but are not limited to, albumin from hen and salmon. The albumin portion of the albumin-linked polypeptide may be from a different animal than the therapeutic polypeptide portion. See
WO 2008/098720 for examples of albumin fusion proteins. - In one embodiment, an albumin variant is at least 10, 20, 40, or at least 70 amino acids long or may include 15, 20, 25, 30, 50 or more contiguous amino acids from the human albumin (HA) sequence (e.g., the sequence set forth in
Figure 3 , SEQ ID NO: 19 or may include part or all of specific domains of HA. An albumin variant may include an amino acid substitution, deletion, or addition, either conservative or non-conservative substitution, wherein such changes do not substantially alter the active site, or active domain, which confers the therapeutic activities of the half-life enhancing polypeptides. These variants may share 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% or any percentage in between homology. - In one embodiment, the albumin variant includes fragments and may consist of or alternatively comprise at least one whole domain of albumin or fragments of said domains, for example domains 1 (amino acids 1-194 of SEQ ID NO: 19), 2 (amino acids 195-387 of SEQ ID NO: 19), 3 (amino acids 388-585 of SEQ ID NO 19), 1 + 2 (1-387 of SEQ ID NO: 19), 2 + 3 (195-585 of SEQ ID NO: 19) or 1 + 3 (amino acids 1-194 of SEQ ID NO: 19 + amino acids 388-585 of SEQ ID NO: 19). Each domain is itself made up of two homologous subdomains namely residues 1-105, 120-194, 195-291, 316-387, 388-491 and 512-585, of SEQ ID NO: 19, with flexible inter-subdomain linker regions comprising residues Lys106 to Glu119, Glu292 to Val315 and Glu492 to Ala511.
- In another embodiment, other proteins that are structurally or evolutionarily related to albumin may be used as HLEPs, including, but not limited to alpha-fetoprotein (
WO 2005/024044 ; Beattie and Dugaiczyk, 20 Gene 415-422, 1982), afamin (Lichenstein et al. 269 J. Biol. Chem. 18149-18154, 1994), and vitamin D binding protein (Cooke and David, 76 J. Clin. Invest. 2420-2424, 1985). Their genes represent a multigene cluster with structural and functional similarities mapping to the same chromosomal region in humans, mice, and rats. The structural similarity of the albumin family members suggests that they can be used as HLEPs. For example, alpha-fetoprotein has been claimed to extend the half-life of an attached therapeutic polypeptide in vivo (WO 2005/024044 ). Such proteins, or variants thereof, that are capable of stabilizing or prolonging therapeutic activity may be used, and may be derived from any vertebrate, especially any mammal, for example human, monkey, cow, sheep, or pig, or non-mammal including but not limited to, hen or salmon. (SeeWO 2008/098720 .) Such variants may be of 10 or more amino acids in length or may include about 15, 20, 25, 30, 50 or more contiguous amino acids of the respective protein sequence or may include part or all of specific domains of the respective proteins. Albumin family member fusion proteins may include naturally occurring polymorphic variants. - In one embodiment, mono- or poly- (e.g., 2-4) polyethylene glycol (PEG) moieties may be used to extend half-lives. Pegylation may be carried out by any of the pegylation reactions available. Methods for preparing a pegylated protein product will generally include (a) reacting a polypeptide with polyethylene glycol (such as a reactive ester or aldehyde derivative of PEG) under conditions whereby the protein becomes attached to one or more PEG groups; and (b) obtaining the reaction product(s). In general, the optimal reaction conditions will be determined case by case based on known parameters and the desired result. There are a number of PEG attachment methods known in the art. See, for example,
EP 0 401 384EP 0 154 316EP 0 401 384WO 92/16221 WO 95/34326 U.S. Pat. No. 5,252,714 . - In another embodiment, an immunoglobulin (Ig), or variants thereof, may be used as an HELP, wherein a variant includes fragments. In one embodiment, the Fc domain or portions of the immunoglobulin constant region are used. The constant region may be that of an IgM, IgG, IgD, IgA, or IgE immunoglobulin. The therapeutic polypeptide portion is connected to the Ig via the hinge region of the antibody or a peptide linker, which may be cleavable. Several patents and patent applications describe the fusion of therapeutic proteins to immunoglobulin constant regions to extend the therapeutic protein's half-life in vivo (
US 2004/0087778 ,WO 2005/001025 ,WO 2005/063808 ,WO 2003/076567 ,WO 2005/000892 ,WO 2004/101740 ,US 6,403,077 ). Therefore, another embodiment is to use such immunoglobulin sequences, for example, Fc fragments of immunoglobulins and variants thereof, as HLEPs. Inhibitors of FXII may be fused to Fc domains or at least portions of immunoglobulin constant regions as HLEPs and may be produced as recombinant molecules in prokaryotic or eukaryotic host cells, such as bacteria, yeast, plant, animal (including insect) or human cell lines or in transgenic animals (WO 2008/098720 ). - An example of one SPINK mutant Fc fusion protein, the SPINK-K2-Fc fusion protein, is described in
WO2008/098720 . - In one embodiment, an intervening peptidic linker may be introduced between the therapeutic polypeptide and the HLEP. In one embodiment, a cleavable linker is introduced, particularly if the HLEP interferes with the therapeutic polypeptide's specific activity, e.g. by steric hindrance. In certain embodiments, the linker is cleaved by enzymes such as coagulation proteases of the intrinsic, extrinsic, or common coagulation pathway. Coagulation proteases of the intrinsic pathway are proteases in the contact activation pathway, including, for example, FXIIa, FXIa, or FIXa. In one embodiment, the linker is cleaved by FXIIa. Proteases of the extrinsic pathway include proteases in the tissue factor pathway, for example, FVIIa. Proteases of the common pathway include proteases involved in the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, for example, FXa, FIIa, and FXIIIa.
- The FXII inhibitor or variant thereof may have a purity greater than 80%, or greater than 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% purity. In one embodiment, the variant may have a pharmaceutically pure state that is greater than 99.9% pure with respect to contaminating macromolecules, such as other proteins and nucleic acids, and free of infectious and pyrogenic agents.
- The purified FXII inhibitor may be dissolved in conventional physiologically compatible aqueous buffer solutions to which there may be added, optionally, pharmaceutical excipients to provide pharmaceutical preparations for preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of inflammatory demyelinating disease in a patient. Such pharmaceutical carriers and excipients as well as suitable pharmaceutical formulations are well known in the art. See for example Kibbe et al. Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, (3rd ed., Pharmaceutical Press), 2000. The pharmaceutical composition may be formulated in lyophilized or stable soluble form. The polypeptide may be lyophilized by a variety of procedures known in the art. Lyophilized formulations are reconstituted prior to use by the addition of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable diluents such as sterile water for injection or sterile physiological saline solution.
- Formulations of the FXII inhibitor are delivered to the patient by any pharmaceutically suitable means of administration. Various delivery systems are known and can be used to administer the composition by any convenient route. The compositions may be administered systemically, such as parenterally. The term "parenteral" as used here includes intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intra-arterial and intra-tracheal injection; as well as instillation, spray application, and infusion techniques. Parenteral formulations may be administered intravenously or subcutaneously, either in bolus form or as a constant infusion, according to known procedures. Preferred liquid carriers, which are well known for parenteral use, include sterile water, saline, aqueous dextrose, sugar solutions, ethanol, glycols, and oils. For systemic use, the therapeutic proteins may be formulated for an intravenous line or an arterial line. The formulations may be administered continuously by infusion or by bolus injection.
- In some embodiments, the formulations are administered by intrathecal injection or by intracranial injection, so that direct access is gained to the spinal cord and brain. In these embodiments, the formulation may be specially formulated; for example, the formulation may lack preservatives.
- In some embodiments, the formulation is administered via intranasal administration. Intranasal delivery has been reported to enable the direct entry of viruses and macromolecules into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or CNS. Mathison et al. J. Drug Target 1998; 5:415-41; Chou et al. Biopharm Drug Dispos. 1997; 18:335-46; Draghia et al., Gene Ther. 1995; 2(6):418-235. In one embodiment, a viral vector, such as an adenovirus vector, comprising a gene encoding any of the FXII inhibitors that are proteins may be delivered via olfactory receptor neurons to obtain expression of the encoded protein in the brain. Draghia et al., Gene Ther. 1995; 2(6):418-23.
- Tablets and capsules for oral administration may contain conventional excipients such as binding agents, fillers, lubricants, or wetting agents, etc. Oral liquid preparations may be in the form of aqueous or oily suspensions, solutions, emulsions, syrups, elixirs or the like, or may be presented as a dry product for reconstitution with water or other suitable vehicle for use. Such liquid preparations may contain conventional additives, such as suspending agents, emulsifying agents, non-aqueous vehicles, and preservatives. Some formulations encompass slow release systems, such as a patch.
- The dose of the FXII inhibitor may depend on many factors such as, e.g., the indication, formulation, or mode of administration, and may be determined in preclinical and clinical trials for each respective indication. For example, in one embodiment, the dose of FXII inhibitor is 0.1 mg/kg, 1 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg, 500 mg/kg, 1000 mg/kg, or any dose in between, or from 0.1-1000 mg/kg, or 1-1000 mg/kg, or 1-500 mg/kg, or 50-500 mg/kg, 50-200 mg/kg, or 100-200 mg/kg, or any dose range in between.
- In those embodiments involving a therapeutically effective dose of an anti-FXII antibody or antigen binding fragment, a therapeutically effective dose is a dose that brings about a positive therapeutic effect in the patient or subject requiring the treatment. A therapeutically effective dose is generally in the range of about 0.01 to 100 mg/kg, from about 0.01 to 50 mg/kg, from about 0.1 to 30 mg/kg, from about 0.1 to 10 mg/kg, from about 0.1 to 5 mg/kg, from about 0.1 to 2 mg/kg or from about 0.1 to 1 mg/kg, or any dose range in between, or one of the doses for a FXII inhibitor presented above or in the examples.
- The treatment may comprise giving a single dose or multiple doses. If multiple doses are required, they may be administered daily, every other day, weekly, biweekly, monthly, or bimonthly or as required. A depository may also be used that slowly and continuously releases the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof. A therapeutically effective dose may be a dose that inhibits FXIIa in the subject by at least 50%, preferably by at least 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, more preferably by at least 95%, 99% or even 100% (or by any percentage in between).
- The FXII inhibitor may be administered alone or in conjunction with other therapeutic agents. These agents may be co-formulated, or may be administered as separate formulations either concurrently or separately and via the same route of administration or different routes of administration. The schedule of administration or dose of a FXII inhibitor may also vary between individual patients with the same indication or different indications depending on factors such as other medical conditions or therapies.
- The embodiments are further illustrated by the following examples which should not be construed as limiting. Other embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the embodiments disclosed.
- Preliminary studies suggest that primary and secondary hemostasis are involved in the inflammatory neurodegeneration in MS. For example, it has recently been demonstrated in the EAE animal model that STIM1 and STIM2, which had already been identified as key molecules in Ca2+-dependent platelet activation, represent important pathophysiological determinants of the inflammatory reaction and neurodegeneration. (Schuhmann et al., J. Immunol. 2010; 184:1536-42.) Furthermore, deposits of fibrinogen and fibrin are found in both the central vessels and the brain parenchyma of MS patients. (Sobel & Mitchell, Am. J. Pathol. 1989; 135:161-68; Claudio et al., Acta Neuropathol 1995; 90:228-38; Marik et al., Brain 2007; I30:2800-15.) Fibrin is the end product of so-called plasmatic blood coagulation system, which in turn is made up of the extrinsic and intrinsic systems. Coagulation Factor XII (FXII) is the starting point of the intrinsic blood coagulation cascade, which initially leads to activation of FXI. At the same time, it activates the proinflammatory contact (kinin) system, the end point of which is the formation of bradykinin.
- Our work demonstrated that the bradykinin receptor B1 R is an important regulator of inflammatory cell invasion in an EAE model. (Göbel et al., J. Autoimmun 2011:36:106-14.) B1 R deficient mice experienced less severe EAE. Similarly, wildtype mice treated with a selective antagonist of B1 R also experienced a lower disease maximum compared to untreated mice. In contrast, blockade of the bradykinin receptor B2R by disruption of the B2R gene did not alter the EAE disease course. Interestingly, B2R mediates the majority of effects of bradykinin, although both B1R and B2R mediate the classical inflammatory process after tissue injury. Further, the mechanism leading to bradykinin activity in vivo is unclear since bradykinin can be activated by at least two pathways: the intrinsic coagulation pathway and another pathway that must be FXII independent since it occurs even in FXII knockout mice. (SchmaierAH, Int. Immunopharmacol. 2008; 8:161-65.)
- To test whether FXII also contributes to EAE, EAE was induced by immunization of 10-12 weeks old female C57BI/6, FXII- or FXI-deficient mice with 200 µg MOG35-55. The C57BI/6 MOG35-55 mouse model is commonly used for pre-clinical validation of therapeutic compounds. (Krishnamoorthy & Wekerle, Eur. J. Immunol 2009; 39:2031-35.) The course of EAE in this model resembles a primary progressive form of MS, since once induced the disease does not remit. Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA) was supplemented with MOG to obtain a 1 mg/ml emulsion and 2 x 100 µl were injected subcutaneously at two different sites of the flank of deeply anesthetized mice. Pertussis toxin was injected on the day of immunization and 2 d later (400 ng, Alexis, San Diego, CA). All animals were kept under standard conditions and had access to water and food ad libitum.
- Pharmacological modulation was also performed using the FXII antagonist H-D-Pro-Phe-Arg-chloromethylketone (PCK) (8 µg/g; Bachem) administered by daily intravenous injection. PCK irreversibly inhibits the amidolytic activity of activated FXII (FXIIa) and plasma kallikrein-mediated activation of FXII. (Tans et al., Eur. J. Biochem. 1987; 164:637-42; Kleinschnitz, J Exp Med. 2006 .)
- The clinical course of EAE was monitored daily by two blinded investigators using the following score system:
grade 0, no abnormality;grade 1, limp tail tip;grade 2, limp tail;grade 3, moderate hind limb weakness;grade 4, complete hind limb weakness;grade 5, mild paraparesis;grade 6, paraparesis;grade 7, heavy paraparesis or paraplegia;grade 8, tetraparesis; grade 9, quadriplegia or premoribund state;grade 10, death. Animals, with a score higher than 7 were euthanized and continued with the accordant score until the end of the experiment. - In FXII-deficient mice the maximum disease rate was significantly reduced. (
Figure 4A .) Similar results were obtained in a pharmacological blockade with PCK. (Figure 4C, 4D .) PCK had an effect even when treatment was started onday 12, when the animals already showed EAE symptoms (Figure 4D ). But in FXI-deficient mice, the EAE disease course was similar to that in the wildtype control mice. (Figure 4B .) Since FXI is immediately downstream of FXII and is activated by FXIIa, these results indicate that it is not the role of FXII in the intrinsic coagulation cascade that led to the observed protective effect in the EAE model. - In addition to the reduction in disease score, the number of inflammatory foci and both demyelination and axonal damage were also significantly reduced in FXII-deficient animals.
Figure 5 depicts the number of inflammatory foci (Fig. 5A ), demyelinated area/slice (Fig. 5B ), and the axon counts (Fig. 5C ) in control (left bar), PCK treated (middle bar), and FXII-/- mice (right bar). For quantification, stained sections were examined in a blinded fashion by microscopy (Axiophot2, Zeiss; Oberkochen, Germany) with a CCD camera (Visitron Systems; Tuchheim, Germany). Inflammatory foci (H&E), demyelinated areas (LFB), and cells were counted on five randomly selected samples utilizing MetVue Software (Molecular Devices; Downingtown, USA). The number of axons was analyzed in defined lesions. Fluorescence intensity was measured utilizing ImageJ (NIH, USA). Examples of histologic comparisons between control (Con) and PCK-treated mice are presented for each bar graph. Arrows show areas of inflammation (Fig. 5A ), demyelination (Fig. 5B ), and axonal damage (Fig. 5C ). - In-vitro analyses also showed an altered immune response (
Fig. 5D and 5E ). Splenocytes were isolated from immunized mice at the disease maximum and 50 days after EAE induction and stimulated with MOG35-55 peptide (10 mg/ml) or CD3/CD28 beads (cell to bead ratio 2:1). For the proliferation assay shown inFig. 5D , 1 x 105 splenocytes were cultured in 1 ml DMEM containing 10 mM HEPES, 25 mg/ml gentamicin, 50 mM mercaptoethanol, 5% FCS, 2 mM glutamine, and 1% nonessential amino acids (Cambrex; Verviers, Belgium) for three days and stimulated with CD3/CD28 beads (cell to bead ratio 2:1; Dynal Biotech, Hamburg, Germany) or 10 mg/ml MOG35-55. 3H thymidine (Amerham; Piscataway, NJ) was added for the final 14 hours, and radioactivity was measured on a beta-scintillation counter (TopCount NXT; PerkinElmer, Rodgau-Jügesheim, Germany). Experiments were performed in quadruplicates. - As shown in
Fig. 5D , the proliferation among control (left bar), PCK treated (middle bar), and FXII-/- mice (right bar) splenocytes stimulated with CD3/CD28 beads was not significantly different. When MOG35-55 peptide was used to stimulate proliferation, there was a significant different between control and PCK-treated mice, but not between control and FXII-/- mice. - Supernatants of MOG restimulated splenocytes were also assessed for IFNγ, IL-17, IL-4 and IL-6 protein levels by ELISA (R&D Systems; Wiesbaden, Germany) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The results, presented in
Fig. 5E , show that there was reduced production of IL-17, TNFα and IL-6 from splenocytes from both PCK treated (middle bar) and FXII-/- mice (right bar) compared to control. Levels of IFNγ were not significantly different. - Taken together, these results suggest that the inhibition of FXII leads to a change in the peripheral immune response that is not associated with the change in the intrinsic coagulation cascade.
- rHA-Infestin-4, another inhibitor of FXII, was also active in the EAE model described in detail in Example 1. In this study, mice were treated with rHA-infestin-4, a protein comprising human albumin fused to the
infestin 4 domain via a linker (which is described in Hagedorn et al. Circulation 2010; 117:1153-60) by daily intravenous injections at a dose of 200 µg/g. - As shown in
Fig. 6A , rHA-Infestin-4 also reduced the EAE score early in the course of disease. And as was seen in the study in PCK-treated and FXII-/- mice, treatment with rHA-Infestin-4 resulted in a significant reduction in IL-17 production relative to control (Fig. 6B ). - These results provide additional evidence that pharmacological blockade of FXII offers a new, alternative anti-inflammatory strategy for the treatment of MS.
- An anti-Factor XII antibody was also used to test the role of FXII in a second EAE model-female SJL mice immunized with PLP peptide (Myelin Proteolipid Protein). This EAE mouse model replicates many of the clinical and histopathological signs of MS including degeneration of motor neuron function. Like the C57BI/6 MOG35-55 model, SJL mice immunized with PLP is an accepted model for use in pre-clinical validation of therapeutic compounds. (Krishnamoorthy & Wekerle, Eur. J. Immunol 2009; 39:2031-35.) The SJL PLP model, however, also experiences remission and relapse, as occurs in the relapsing remitting form of MS.
- EAE was induced in female SJL mice aged 8-12 weeks by immunizing them subcutaneously with 100 µg of PLP peptide (139-151) (Mimotopes, Clayton, Vic, Australia) emulsified in Complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) (Difco, BD San Diego, CA, USA), followed by 200 ng pertussis toxin (Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MO, USA) administered intravenously on
day 0. On day "-1" (i.e., the day before EAE induction injection), and ondays day 0 to 15. Clinical score was assessed as described in Langrish et al., J Exp Med. 2005; 201:233-40, with a maximum score of 6 for each mouse. All animal procedures were approved by the CSL animal ethics committee. - Treatment of mice with a neutralizing anti-FXII monoclonal antibody (mAb) inhibited the clinical progression of EAE in this relapsing model (
Figure 7 ). Inhibition was most effective at the early stage of disease. - To assess the effect of FXII blockade on proinflammatory cytokine responses in-vivo, animals were bled at day 9 and serum harvested for cytokine analysis by Luminex assay (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA) on a
Luminex 200 instrument (Austin, TX, USA) according the manufacturer's instructions. Anti-FXII antibody treatment led to a reduction in pro-inflammatory cytokine release into the blood. As shown inFigure 8 , anti-FXII reduced levels of GM-CSF, IFNγ, TNFα and IL-1β. - Macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) are prominent in EAE and MS inflammatory lesions and have roles in mediating tissue injury. They contribute by production of proinflammatory cytokines, antigen presentation to auto-reactive lymphocytes, and in the production of reactive oxygen species that cause direct myelin damage (Graham et.al., 2009). Chemerin is a molecule that circulates as a zymogen within the blood, and is activated by serine proteases which include plasmin, neutrophil elastase, and to a lesser extent FVIIa. FXIIa, however, is the predominant activator (Qu and Chaikof, 2010). Activated chemerin is a potent chemoattractant for cells expressing chemokine-like receptor 1 (CMKLR1), also known as ChemR23. This receptor is highly expressed by plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC), tissue resident macrophages, monocytes, and NK cells (Hart and Greaves, 2010). Studies by Graham et al. (2009), have shown that mouse knockouts of the chemerin receptor, CMKLR1, or Chem23, have overall lower clinical scores in EAE experiments. Accordingly, it is possible that, at least in the relapsing EAE model, blocking the action of FXII with an antibody may act, at least in part, by reducing the amount of active chemerin, thereby producing a therapeutic effect in the EAE experiments.
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- Factor XII inhibitor for use in the prevention and/or the treatment and/or the amelioration of a neurological inflammatory disease,
wherein the FXII inhibitor comprises(i) the wild type infestin-4 polypeptide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2), or a variant thereof, wherein the variant comprises(a) the N-terminal amino acids 2-13 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and at least one and up to five amino acid mutations outside said N-terminal amino acids that result in differences from the wild type infestin-4 sequence;
and/or(b) six conserved cysteine residues; and homology of at least 70% to the wild type Infestin-4 sequence;or(ii) an anti-FXII antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein the antibody binds to FXII and inhibits its activity and/or activation. - Factor XII inhibitor for use according to claim 1, wherein the anti-FXII antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 13; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17.
- Factor XII inhibitor for use according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the anti-FXII antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises (a) a VH region comprising heavy chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, heavy chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10, and heavy chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12; and/or (b) a VL region comprising light chain CDR1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14, light chain CDR2 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, and light chain CDR3 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 16.
- Factor XII inhibitor for use according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the anti-FXII antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises a VH region comprising SEQ ID NO: 7 and a VL region comprising SEQ ID NO: 8.
- Factor XII inhibitor for use according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the anti-FXII antibody is an IgG.
- Factor XII inhibitor for use according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the FXII inhibitor is linked to a half-life enhancing polypeptide that is albumin, afamin, alpha-fetoprotein, vitamin D binding protein, human albumin or a variant thereof, an immunoglobulin or a variant thereof, PEG, or a variant thereof, or an Fc of an IgG.
- Factor XII inhibitor for use according to claim 6, wherein the half-life enhancing polypeptide is linked to the FXII inhibitor via a linker.
- Factor XII inhibitor for use according to claim 7, wherein the linker is(a) cleavable;(b) cleavable by a coagulation protease of the intrinsic, extrinsic, or common coagulation pathway;
and/or(c) cleavable by Factor XIIa. - Factor XII inhibitor for use according to any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the FXII inhibitor is a human albumin-linker-FXII fusion protein.
- Factor XII inhibitor for use according to any of claims 1 to 9, wherein the neurological inflammatory disease is multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, or neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease).
- Factor XII inhibitor for use according to claim 10, wherein the multiple sclerosis is relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis or primary progressing multiple sclerosis.
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